A fantastical adventure in nature showing how we can help to rewild the city, from acclaimed artist Alison Jay; a partner title to Bee & Me.
Magic happens when Daisy and Pedro find an acorn in the woods and plant it in a pot on the windowsill. Soon, their baby acorn has become Tree: too big for its pot and needing to be rehomed outside, in the street. First an owl, then gradually hundreds of birds, bugs and butterflies come to live in Tree's spreading branches. The city dwellers pull up chairs and dine in its shade in the hot summer. When Autumn comes, the wind blows and acorns rain down. Daisy and Pedro fly with the jays to plant them all over the city and ensure that in the years to come everyone can enjoy Tree's gifts.
Shortlisted for the Teach Early Years Awards 2026
Beautiful large-format board book edition: 210 x 210mm; 15 spreads + cover; full colour throughout; ISBN 9781910646915
Editor's Choice in 'Books for Keeps': Alison Jay’s delicate oil paintings create a dreamy feel and there’s a magic to the speed at which Tree grows as well as the children’s journey by jays, but the book is full of natural history too with the different woodland animals painted stylishly but realistically. Each spread is full of delightful detail, including witty visual jokes, and it’s a book that will invite multiple readings, revealing more each time.
Teach Early Years magazine called it: a gentle, cumulative picture book about the long life of a single tree and the small acts that play a part in rewilding.
Hardback edition will publish April 2027: ISBN 9781910646694; 32pp + ends; £12.99 Full colour hardback picture book with text
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