Answering Questions for Kids

Petra - the 5-year old daughter of friends - started asking questions about trees while in home isolation due to COVID-19. Her questions & questions from other kids (of all ages) led to a series of videos "Answering Petra's Questions". More videos coming - share & subscribe.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ4CqDPtEvDvzzHUHZol9Pg/

Upcoming Events

• November 4, 2020 - Construction, Storms, & Street Trees - Swedish Tree Associations annual conference, Uppsala, Sweden
• December 15, 2020 - Engaging the Unegaged - International Society of Arboriculture Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico ​

Good Reads

Non-Fiction

• Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape - Jill Jonnes
• American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation - Eric Rutkow
• Genius of Place: The Life of Fredrick Law Olmsted - Justin Martin
• In Search of the Canary Tree - Lauren E. Oakes
• Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds - George W. Hulder

Fiction

• The Overstory - Richard Powers
• A tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
• The Cone-Gathers - Robin Jenkins
• The Lorax - Dr. Seuss

Textbooks

• Applied Tree Biology - Andrew Hirons & Peter A. Thomas
• Physiology of Woody Plants, 3rd Ed. - Stephen G. Pallardy
• Urban Forestry: Planning and Managing Urban Greenspaces, 3rd Ed. - Robert W. Miller, Richard J. Hauer, Les P. Werner

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