"Poetrees is a collection of 18 poems and illustrations that celebrate all that is wonderful about trees." (Florian)

~Illustrator: Thomas Allen & Nancy Carpenter
~Publication Date: August 1995
~ISBN: 9780394864679
~Genre: Fiction/ Children's Literature
~Interest Level: Grades 1-2/ 3-5
~Text Level: n/a
~Teaching Idea: Have a picnic. The children in The Secret Garden enjoy their picnics. Have your own Secret Garden inspired picnic.
https://mosswoodconnections.com/the-secret-garden-teacher-resources-lessons-and-activities/

"What secrets lie behind the doors at Misselthwaite Manor? Recently arrived at her uncle's estate, orphaned Mary Lennox is spoiled, sickly, and certain she won't enjoy living there. Then she discovers the arched doorway into an overgrown garden, shut up since the death of her aunt ten years earlier. Mary soon begins transforming it into a thing of beauty--unaware that she is changing too..." (Scholastic)

~Text Level: G/ Bilingual 

~Teaching Idea: Have students demonstrate the life cycle in English and Spanish words.

"The life cycle of plants is a common theme in the early science curriculum. This bilingual series uses simple text to explain how tiny seeds turn into giant trees or into the vegetables children find on their dinner plates." -Joanne Mattern

After you read: Ask children to compare how the boy planted and cared for his bean with what they have been doing with their beans.
http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/curriculum/family-child-care-educators/plants/activity/morning-circle/171/read-and-discuss-one-bean/

"Follow the progress of a bean as a boy soaks it, plants it, waters it, re-pots it, and watches more beans grow." (Scholastic)