{"id":36842,"date":"2020-02-07T23:49:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T03:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36842"},"modified":"2020-02-07T23:49:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T03:49:52","slug":"review-of-can-you-hear-the-trees-talking-by-peter-wohlleben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36842","title":{"rendered":"Review of Can You Hear the Trees Talking? by Peter Wohlleben"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Can You Hear the Trees Talking?<\/p>\n

Discovering the Hidden Life of the Forest<\/em><\/p>\n

by Peter Wohlleben<\/p>\n

Greystone Kids, 2019. Originally published in German in 2017. 80 pages.
\nStarred Review
\nReview written October 31, 2019, from a library book
\n2019 Sonderbooks Stand-outs<\/a>: #4 in Children’s Nonfiction Picture Books<\/p>\n

This book says it\u2019s a Young Readers\u2019 Edition of the New York Times<\/em> Bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees<\/em> — a book I had checked out for a very long time intending to read, but never did. The Young Readers\u2019 Edition with great big photographs and bite-sized facts in large print on each page \u2013 that was irresistible. I couldn\u2019t help but read it! I opened it up to leaf through it, intending to only look at the pictures, and some fact would capture my attention.<\/p>\n

Within the seven chapters, which all have a large and beautiful photograph on an introductory page, each spread has a page heading that\u2019s a question. We begin with basics like \u201cHow Do Trees Breathe?\u201d \u201cHow Do Trees Drink?\u201d and \u201cWhy Don\u2019t Trees Fall Over?\u201d and progress to questions such as \u201cCan Forests Make It Rain?\u201d \u201cWhat Are Trees Afraid Of?\u201d \u201cHow Do Trees Know When It\u2019s Spring?\u201d \u201cDo Trees Sleep at Night?\u201d and \u201cWhy Do Trees Shed Their Leaves in Fall?\u201d<\/p>\n

While I was reading this book, I found myself sharing random facts with my coworkers. Did you know that trees sleep at night \u2013 and that when lights are on all night, nearby trees don\u2019t live as long? Did you know that young trees don\u2019t need to drop their leaves because their trunks are so flexible, they can spring back if snow weighs them down? Did you know that trees can communicate with one another through fungi in the soil? They can warn neighbors about insect attacks (so they produce chemicals to repel them) and they can even give sugar to a neighbor who needs it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all super fascinating and so attractively presented! Maybe I\u2019ll finally read the adult version \u2013 but I wish it had the glorious full-color photos of this book!<\/p>\n

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