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A little tree ends up on a cliff and must grow there. She finds comfort in the sea and the moon, support from loons, and connection and warmth from the people sitting in her shade. The Hugging Tree is a poetic and peaceful story that aims to teach children about hope and resilience. Rather than a lonely tree on a lonely cliff, the tree represents community and a place to get in touch with inner hopes and dreams. Includes a "Note to Parents" by Elizabeth McCallum, PhD.
About the Author
I am a science journalist and author of adult and children's fiction. My novel, Bloodsong, was published in hardcover in 1993 and paperback in 1994, was a BOMC selection, translated into Italian, German and Hebrew, and optioned for film. My picture books, from Magination Press, include I Want Your Moo, coauthored with Marcella Bakur-Weiner, PhD, published in Arabic, Simplified Chinese, and Korean and winner of a Teachers' Choice Award. The sequel, Toodles & Teeny: A Story of Friendship, won a Mom's Choice Award, and The Hugging Tree. My tween novel, The Secret Spiral, was published in hardcover in 2011 and paperback in 2013, and the sequel, The Golden Rectangle, was published in hardcover in 2013 (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster) . My most recent adult nonfiction book, coauthored with bioethicist Stephen Post, PhD,was Why Good Things Happen to Good People (Random House, April 2008) . Why Good Things was translated and published in Japan, Brazil, Russia, Portugal, India, Sweden, and Taiwan. My journalism appears in various publications including NPR, Science, Aeon, Nautilus, Omni and more.
