this book is nice...but not great

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	• A Tree Is Nice Janice May Udry HarperCollins, 1987 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Wonderful story for preschoolers

This is a classic story for young children, that I have known for many years. The only thing I take issue with (now that we are so environmentally aware) is the burning of leaves, today we would recycle them for leaf mulch!

I recommend this book for any three, four and five year old children. The illustrations are bold and vivid, and the text makes for a great discussion of how we need to appreciate and preserve our natural treasures, TREES!

this book is nice...but not great

This is a fine book, not extra special, but good and son enjoyed it very much. The words are simple - a sentence on every other page for the most part. The illustrations are clear and realistic, not cartoon or silly or washed out. Very realistic. Each page depicts a real situation for trees. A little plain in text and ideas but maybe that is just the old fashionedness since it was originally published in the 1950s. Also note: text does not rhyme or have a specific rhythem. One thing that I espeically appreciated about it was that it made one appreciate trees, encouraged one to take care of them and even to plant trees but did not sentimentalize trees or become a tree hugger type book. No "global warming" stuff. Just appreciation for trees and all the ways we need, enjoy and use them. "A tree is nice" is a nice book, enjoyed by all. Good price too! :)

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A Tree Is Nice, Is Nice

This is a nice book.

It starts out, "Trees are very nice. They fill up the sky".

The picture shows a forest and in the lower corner a boy, lying on the ground, looking up. From a kid's vantage point, trees really do fill up the sky.

It continues, "Even if you have just one tree, it is nice too. A tree is nice because it has leaves. The leaves whisper in the breeze all summer long".

The picture shows a farm, with one tree in a field, and a horse standing under it in the shade...

And so, the beneficial characteristics of trees are touched on, lightly and one by one.

A vintage book, worthy of the Caldecottt Medal it won in 1957.

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Not the best book about trees

This book seems very old-fashioned. The pages alternate on color and black & white. Also, it would be better if it offered some scientific reason for why trees are nice along with the whimsical, children-playing reasons.

trees ARE nice

What a joyful book. A wonderful paeon to trees and the wonder they can inspire in kids, adults, the reader. A true arborial appreciation, delightfully rendered artistically by Marc Simont--I can see why this book won the Caldecott. It has aged well, and it carries an important message even today.

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Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice.

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