Among+Tree+books

Here are some books and websites I think we should consider for literature choices and for CS choices:

__The Word for World is Tree__ by Ursula K. LeGuin. I haven't read it, although Sal says it's great.

__Seeds__ by Richard Horan is the book about a writer who goes to see the trees that inspired authors. He has a website. http://www.literaryseeds.com/

Here is an article called Tree Worship from a VERY old Harper's magazine. (1918) http://www.harpers.org/archive/1918/07/0031831

This is a trivia game about trees in literature http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz135850f8f4b8.html

This web page suggests a lot of literature with trees, including Gilgamesh http://adairjones.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/in-search-of-trees-in-literature/

The Enid Blyton book she mentions sounds like a good option for us as an opening book: The four books of //The Faraway Tree// series by Enid Blyton (published between 1939 and 1951) are beloved children’s stories that feature one of the wildest fictional trees of all time. It’s inhabited by a crazy assortment of magical creatures, all with unusual visages, habits and predilections. But the most interesting thing about the tree is that at the top there is a ladder that leads to a magical land. Each time the children visit, the land is different: sometimes awful, like the Land of Dame Slap, ruled by a cruel schoolteacher; sometimes enjoyable, like the Land of Take-What-You-Want.

This page is an extensive list of trees and their books. Or books and their trees. http://www.google.com/Top/Society/Folklore/Literature/Tales/Animals_and_Plants/Trees/

One more: http://www.treesforyou.org/Kids/tree_lit.htm

I will bring my computer to the meeting on June 30 so we can look at the pages and sites. Sal will you be there? I will try to get this Enid Blyton book from Hopewell Library.