Title and Credits	Age	Synopsis
	If I Were a Tree Dar Hosta	4-12	In If I Were A Tree, collage artist, Dar Hosta, brings trees alive with vibrant color and cut paper.  She pays homage to their importance in our day to day lives, and encourages thoughtful readers to imagine how it would be to be a tree. Also included are interesting tree facts, as well as a diagram that names the basic parts of a tree.   So, how would it be if you were a tree?
	Mother Earth and Her Children Sybil Von Olfers Sieglinde Schoen-Smith, Illus Jack Zipes, Translated	4-12	As Spring approaches, Mother Earth wakes her sleepy children. Deep below the earth, the children yawn and stretch. They dust off the bumblebees, scrub the beetles, paint splendid new coats on the ladybugs, and rouse the caterpillars from their cocoons then emerge from earth to become flowers of Spring. In rhyming verse and vibrant illustrations, this entrancing story touches on such themes as rejuvenation and the passing of the seasons, helping young children understand the circle of life.
	The Old Tree Ruth Brown	4-12	Deep in the forest one morning, Pigeon Post notices a huge X on the trunk of the old tree. All the tree’s residents have a different theory about whom is to blame, until Captain Crow solves the mystery — but can they stop their quarreling before it’s too late? This delightful tale of cooperation and conservation, complemented by luminous illustrations, is sure to engage readers from the start of the story to the wonderful pop-up tree on the final spread."
	The Runaway Garden Jeffery L. Schatzer Jeffery Ebbeler, Illus	4-8	What made the snap beans snap? How did the berries get into a jam? What happened to the cauliflower’s head? Read along as Grandpa spins a tale about the night that all the plants in the garden get up and run away. At first they think running away is fun, but it isn’t long before things go terribly wrong.