The growth of a tree and of a child parallel each other in this exquisitely constructed die-cut picture book about our nestedness in the natural world
I am a seed.
I grow bigger and bigger each day.
I’m starting to become who I am.
So begins this story, which is also how a child’s life begins… and so too does a tree’s. With an affirming, poetic text and gorgeous, delicate art as revealed through die-cuts on almost every spread, I’m Like a Tree and a Tree’s Like Me is a beautiful picture book about how we begin, how we grow, how we’re nourished, and how we live. By drawing parallels between a growing child and a growing tree, author Sylvaine Jaoui and illustrator Anne Crahay remind us of the myriad ways that humans and plants are connected as living beings.
Praise
"The die cuts are so key... The whole book has this peek-through element to it, which makes it a great way to show [the] parallels between plants and people."
—A Fuse #8 Production (A School Library Journal blog), Betsy Bird
