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Burnie, David A. Tree. Knopf, 1988. For readers in grades 4 to 8.

Jorgenson, Lisa. Grand Trees of America: Our State and Champion Trees. Rinehart, 1992. For middle school readers and up.

Petrides, George. Peterson First Guide to Trees. 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

Tree Guides

Benvie, Sam. The Encyclopedia of North American Trees. Firefly, 2000. A photographic reference to 278 species and how they adapt to natural settings.

Humphries, C.J., and D.A. Sutton. Guide to Trees of Britain and Europe. Sterling, 2001. Beautifully illustrated handbook to more than 400 species.

Kelly, John, and John Hillier, eds. The Hillier Gardener's Guide to Trees and Shrubs. Reader's Digest, 1997. A plant-selector directory of 4,000 plants with U.S. hardiness maps.

Petrides, George A. A Field Guide to Eastern Trees. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Native and naturalized trees of the eastern United States and Canada.

Petrides, George A. A Field Guide to Western Trees: Western United States and Canada. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Native and naturalized trees of the western United States and Canada.

Petrides, George A. Peterson First Guide to Trees. Chapters, 1998. Illustrated with color plates to help the beginning naturalist identify 243 trees of North America.

Plotnik, Arthur, and Mary H. Phelan. The Urban Tree Book: An Uncommon Field Guide for City and Town. Crown, 2000. An ideal field guide for both urbanites and suburbanites.

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Trees

Menninger, Edwin A. Fantastic Trees. Timber, 1995. Survey of unusual trees with strange habits such as changing sex, producing flowers and fruit underground, telling time, making noises, and creating their own rain.

Pakenham, Thomas. Remarkable Trees of the World. Norton, 2002. Tributes to extraordinary trees, in text and photographs.

Platt, Rutherford. 1001 Questions Answered about Trees. Dodd, Mead, Reprint, Dover, 1959. 1992. Compendium of information about trees, presented in a question-and-answer format.

Samuels, Gayle Brandow. Enduring Roots: Encounters with Trees, History, and the American Landscape. Rutgers University Press, 1999. An inspiring meditation on the importance of trees in America's past, present and future.

Thomas, Peter. Trees: Their Natural History. Cambridge University Press, 2000. A comprehensive book that covers all aspects of tree biology and ecology for a non-technical audience.

Walker, Laurence C., and others. Forests: A Naturalist's Guide to Trees and Forest Ecology. University of Texas Press, 1997. Trees create an environment; the environment favors given trees.

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