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Brallier, Jess M.

Tess's Tree

32 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | August, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-168752-5 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-168753-2 $17.89
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Grief-stricken after her favorite tree is cut down, Tess decides to have a funeral. Several people speak: Tess's teacher reads a poem and an elderly neighbor remembers how she used to climb the tree herself. Tess, whose emotions are reflected in Brallier's spare text and Reynolds's clean-lined illustrations, feels better when she sees her tree's life had meaning for others too.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert

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