A TREE IS A HOME

WRITTEN BY PAMELA HICKMAN

ILLUSTRATED BY ZAFOUKO YAMAMOTO

A large old oak tree stands near an empty house. Like the house, the tree provides shelter and a place to raise a family. From its branches to its roots, six animals share the tree as a home. Readers follow along as the tree and the animals — a raccoon, opossum, acorn weevil, gray squirrel, blue jay and chipmunk — change and adapt through all four seasons, from one autumn to the next. Meanwhile, a human family moves into the empty house nearby, and we see their story unfold, and grow, at the same time as their animal neighbors.

• “A sweet, informative journey.” Kirkus Reviews