My Heart Was a Tree: Poems and stories to celebrate trees

By Author / Illustrator

Michael Morpurgo, Yuval Zommer

Genre

Poetry

Age range(s)

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

ISBN

9781529094794

Format

Hardback

Published

01-06-2023

Synopsis

Discover the beauty and wonder of trees in this stunningly illustrated collection of poetry and stories celebrating trees and what they mean to the world around us . . .

Inspired by the woods around his home, the mighty forests that support our life on Earth, and the Ted Hughes poem which gives this book its title, My Heart Was a Tree is a celebration, and Sir Michael Morpurgo's love letter to trees.

There are stories from an ancient olive remembering Odysseus and Penelope, and from a eucalyptus that gave shelter to a koala; from a piece of driftwood that was made into a chair, and from a tiny sapling carried by a refugee as a reminder of home - these are poems and stories that will amuse, move and energise families and readers of all ages to appreciate the beauty and wonder of trees.

Yuval Zommer's beautiful, detailed illustrations bring the natural world to life, and make My Heart Was a Tree a book to pore over for hours and hours, discovering something new each time.

Download Extract

Reviews

Maria

Have you ever wondered what tales a tree could tell? What it has experienced and witnessed over the many years it has stood, proud, in its place? Michael Morpurgo returns, this time with an incredible poetry collection, My Heart was a Tree.

This is a wonderful collection of tales and poems, with each one telling a unique tale of a variety of trees, from the oak to the cedar and eucalyptus. Through climate change, animals and habitats and the fruit they grow, the reader will be submerged into a world of nature where there's so much to learn.

This is a brilliant collection of poems and short stories, and a fantastic resource to share with children to expose them to high quality texts.

32 pages / Reviewed by Maria Faithorn, teacher