Reviews

Deep Roots: How Trees Sustain Our Planet by Nikki Tate

heykellyjensen's review

This reads a little younger than middle grade, I think, but it's a serviceable look at trees. Split up into four sections, Tate talks about the way trees have aided in air, water, fire, and earth, including building fires, serving as an oasis in the desert, ship building, and more. The science is basic enough to grasp for pretty young readers, and there's a nice selection of backmatter. Likewise, the images in this book are crisp and full-color.

Which is where my biggest criticism is: a number of the photos are tiny. They're full color and pretty and could make a much bigger impact were they bigger, especially since Tate captions them all to add more context. The "try this" sidebars and the personal anecdote (which were not interesting) could have been scrapped for bigger, meatier photographs.