In The Tree, a children’s nature storybook for very young children, we see the various parts of the tree and life cycle introduced in a repetitive manner with beautiful illustrations. Great nature book for very young children. Lots of repetition in the text makes it a nice book for early readers.
Author: Usha Rane
Illustrator: Ketan Raut
Translator: Madhav Chavan
Text and Images from The Tree – Nature for very young children
Here is a tree.
The tree is on the ground.
And green grass grows all around.
And green grass grows all around.
Here is a tree.
The tree is on the ground.
Its roots are in the soil.
And green grass grows all around.
And green grass grows all around.
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yes I enjoyed it.
it was cool the tree had flowers
It was easy reading for my 7 year old son. He enjoyed this book.
It was easy to express the process of growing the tree well.
It is a very emotional good book that children can easily understand and enjoy reading
I LIKE THIS BOOK GOOD THINGS GOOD LETTER GOOD SOUND OF THE BOOK AND REALLY GOOD DRAWING
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