Of the many tender and heart-wrenching moments in “Big Tree,” Brian Selznick’s illustrated novel about two tree seeds, it’s a small illustration toward the beginning of the book that may be the most ...

I chose the word heartwood for the title of my book because it carries two meanings. First, the heartwood is the centermost ...

Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. This year for Arbor Day this year we climbed into the NPR archives to find our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction and kids' books. Scroll ...

There are some 73,000 species of trees on Earth, according to one recent estimate. The writer Daniel Lewis zeroed in on a tiny fraction of them for his new book, "Twelve Trees." Each chapter is one ...

Katie Fulton has loved reading for as long as she can remember. Originally from central New Jersey and now living in Media, Penn., the 37-year-old recalls struggling to learn to read in first grade ...

People collect all kinds of things — stamps, coins, books. But trees? The title of Amy Stewart’s delightful new book, “The Tree Collectors,” uses the term “collector” loosely. Some of the 50 ...