The Forest in the Tree: How Fungi Shape the Earth

(Hardback)

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Age range 8 to 12

This is a story about trees and fungi connected through a 'wood wide web' told by one tiny fungal spore.

A little fungus meets a baby cacao tree and they learn to feed each other. They cooperate with a forest of plants and a metropolis of microbes in the soil. But when drought strikes can they work together to survive

The fourth book in the Small Friends Books series, this science-adventure story explores the Earth-shaping partnerships between plants, fungi and bacteria.

Part of the Small Friends Books series Stories of Partnership and Cooperation in Nature.

Reviews

"Beautifully illustrated, well written, and provides a clear introduction to a hugely important topic." -- Merlin Sheldrake * author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures *
"Yet another magnificent addition to the Small Friends Network collection! Anyone loving microbes must own all of these books (or in my case, multiple copies). They are works of literary, scientific, and illustrative art." -- Anne M. Estes * Mostly Microbes, 28 March 2021 *

Author Bio

Ailsa Wild creates stories for theater and paper pages. She loves collaborating with acrobats, scientists and children and her favorite question is ... But why Aviva Reed is a multi-disciplinary visual ecologist who creates immersive experiences to explore complex science. Briony Barr is a conceptual artist, designer and interdisciplinary thinker, who is fascinated in the relationships between large and small. Gregory Crocetti combines his microbial ecology experience with science education skills in an attempt to teach the world that microbes are marvelous.