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The Trees Have Hearts – Multicultural Kid-Lit Review
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REVIEWED BY LISA
Title: The Trees Have Hearts
Author: Mrs. D.
Illustrator: Juli Hasegawa
Year of publication: 2012
Ages: 6-10
Review
This is a story of a little girl from an expat family. She comes to new surroundings and doesn’t know the culture or the language. She really misses her friends and her grandmother in her homeland. As a result, she has a really hard time making friends. The kids from school tease her and say she is a mute or is deaf. The constant teasing makes her sad.
The little girl loves to sit in the beautiful mature garden in the back of her house. She sits and plays by herself among Sassy, the magnolia tree, and her two sisters; Chance the plum-tree, and Shadow, the weeping cherry tree, while the gentle old wind gently breaths fresh air through the new spring blossoms. In a fit of despair (missing her friends and family back home), the magnolia tree whisper to the little girl, “I will be your friend” in the girls native language – and a new close and lasting friendship is forged. The Trees Have Hearts is a picturesque story of the power of the imagination – and how her first friends helped her to cope with a difficult situation. And also, through the imagination of a young girl, the caring trees not only help her to adapt to a new environment but help her blossom into the beautiful, caring and social young lady that she ultimately becomes.
The imagery in this book is breathtaking. While this book is great if you are moving to a new area – and how sometimes it can be scary! Young children will love reading this book of how to build friendships far away.
Motivational and inspirational, This book received the Mom’s Choice Award – which evaluates services and products created for children and families.
Purchase
You can purchase The Trees Have Hearts on Amazon here.
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The Trees Have Hearts – Multicultural Kid-Lit Review