Children's Books about Trees & Tree Activities

National Arbor day is almost here. (It’s always the last Friday in April.) In celebration of Arbor Day, I wanted to share some resources for children that you may find useful.

Some of our favorite books about trees:

A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry

The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons

The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry

Although Arbor Day is mainly a day set aside each year encouraging the planting of trees, here are some other ways you can celebrate:

Go on a walk in your neighborhood with a sketchbook. Sketch your favorite trees or try identifying them.
Check out some nonfiction books about trees from your local library.
Do bark rubbings with crayons and paper.
Get our your art materials and paint some trees. Here is some inspiration: Birch Tree Art, Leaf Rubbings & Splatter Paint, Oil Pastel Tree, Watercolor Tree , and a Recycled Paper Tree.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.

The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb

How do you celebrate Arbor Day?

Comments

Jennifer says
April 30, 2013 at 10:47 am

Love this topic 🙂 Please share it (and any others) on my family-focused Kid Corner @ http://wp.me/p280y0-SQ. You may just get highlighted next week 🙂 Jennifer

Julie says
May 2, 2013 at 12:31 pm

My son is super interested in trees right now so this post is perfect timing for us. We love the Season’s of Arnold’s Apple Tree and I just requested The Great Kapok Tree from the library. Thanks for the recommendation.

- Chelsey says
  May 4, 2013 at 10:55 pm
  
  Sounds like you are a children’s book lover like me! I can’t get enough! Thanks so much for the recommendations! Can’t wait to check them out!
  
Carrie says
May 3, 2013 at 4:11 pm

Great ideas!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

Tracey@We-Made-That says
May 5, 2013 at 5:52 pm

Great list of books! Thanks for sharing on We Made That!