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Picture a Tree
Scholastic Canada
ISBN 978-1-4431-0761-7 HC
32 pages
Ages 3 to 8
10” x 10”






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Picture a Tree

Picture a tree — what do you see?

From bare branches tracing the sky to an explosion of colour, a place for adventure or a friend to shelter us from the sun — a tree can be so many things.

With lyrical text and her signature Plasticine magic, Barbara Reid captures these majestic beings: in all weather, in every season, growing and changing, interacting with the people and animals around them.

Picture a tree — now look again!

“Another bravura performance from Reid.” –The Globe and Mail

“Virtuoso Plasticine artist Barbara Reid has created another extraordinary book to delight readers of every age... This is a book to open the artist’s eye in any reader.” – Quill & Quire, starred review

Picture a Tree is a marvel of sharp observation, appreciation and playfulness... with colourful Plasticine art, Reid invites us to glory in variety — in trees and seasons, and in poetic language, perspective, and the manifold impressions the world offers the observant eye. Excellent.” – The Toronto Star



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Excerpt from Picture a Tree
by Barbara Reid



Credit: Picture a Tree © 2011 by Barbara Reid. Photography by Ian Crysler. All rights reserved.