A Tree Is Nice

Janice May Udry's picture book for young children celebrates trees by listing the many pleasures they offer. The narrator argues that a single tree is worth having, even if it is the only one nearby. Some of the reasons are silly, others are plain facts, and all are told in spare, lyrical language that suits small listeners.

Children can enjoy the varied things to do in, on, and beneath a tree, whether they live beside a whole forest or just one lone trunk. Marc Simont's illustrations, many of them in full color, match the gentle playfulness of the text and show a range of trees in different settings.