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The book of Australian trees / Inga Simpson ; illustrated by Alicia Rogerson.

By: Simpson, Inga [author.]Contributor(s): Rogerson, Alicia [illustrator.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Sydney, NSW : Lothian Children's Books, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 30 pages : colour illustrations ; 32 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780734418531Subject(s): Plant biology | Children's picture books | Trees | Trees -- Australia -- Pictorial works -- Children's nonfiction | Trees -- Australia -- Children's nonfiction | Trees -- Australia -- Identification -- Juvenile literature | Trees -- Australia -- Juvenile literature | Australia | Australia | Australia -- Environmental conditions -- Juvenile literature | Botany & plant science (Australia) | AustralianDDC classification: 582.160994 Summary: Trees tell stories about places. Australia has some of the tallest, oldest, fattest and most unusual trees in the world. They have changed over thousands of years, adapting to this continent's deserts, mountains, and coasts. Many have found clever ways of dealing with drought and fire. Their leaves, flowers and seeds are food for birds, insects and mammals. Old trees have lots of hollows, which make good homes for possums, sugar gliders, birds and bees. But trees aren't just important for other animals, we need them too. What trees breathe out, we breathe in. They are a vital part of the Earth's ecosystems. When you first stand in a forest, the trees all seem the same. But if you look more closely, they are each a little different, like people. This book is a love song to Australian trees, from the red ironbark to the grey gum, the Moreton Bay fig to the Queensland bottle tree.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor- Book	Northam Northam Junior Non Fiction	Our physical world	QJ 582 .16099 SIM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		AL42000233005B

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Trees tell stories about places. Australia has some of the tallest, oldest, fattest and most unusual trees in the world. They have changed over thousands of years, adapting to this continent's deserts, mountains, and coasts. Many have found clever ways of dealing with drought and fire. Their leaves, flowers and seeds are food for birds, insects and mammals. Old trees have lots of hollows, which make good homes for possums, sugar gliders, birds and bees. But trees aren't just important for other animals, we need them too. What trees breathe out, we breathe in. They are a vital part of the Earth's ecosystems. When you first stand in a forest, the trees all seem the same. But if you look more closely, they are each a little different, like people. This book is a love song to Australian trees, from the red ironbark to the grey gum, the Moreton Bay fig to the Queensland bottle tree.