About this item
The tallest known tree on earth is located in Redwood National Park in northern California. More than twelve hundred years old, it is approximately 380 feet tall--and still climbing!For more than twelve hundred years, a little sprout has grown, survived fires, drought, and logging, and flourished undiscovered. Tall-tree researchers found the tree in 2006 and at more than 380 feet today--and still growing--it's the tallest tree known on earth. A unique, vibrant ecosystem hides high in the coast redwood's canopy: huckleberry bushes, ferns, and mosses grow atop its branches, while salamanders and squirrels scamper from limb to limb, and birds nest and feed their young. In particular, coast redwoods are the only nesting habitat for the marbled murrelet that has recently been reclassified from threatened to endangered.
About the Author
Carrie A. (Ann) Pearson lives in Marquette, Michigan on the sandy shore of Lake Superior. A former early elementary teacher, she is an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and is the co-Regional Advisor of SCBWI-Michigan. Along with her husband, three daughters, and Labradoodle, Kona, she hikes, bikes, runs, and skis in the woods, windsurfs, kayaks, stand-up paddles, wakesurfs, and swims in the chilly water and writes about what she experiences around her. Her debut picture book, A Warm Winter Tail (2012) , won the Gelett Burgess Nature for All Ages Award and was selected for the Great Lakes, Great Reads literary campaign. A companion book about how animals adapt to heat, A Cool Summer Tail, launched Spring 2014. Both books are published by Arbordale. Her third book, a narrative nonfiction picture book will launch October 8, 2018. Stretch to the Sun: From A Tiny Sprout to the Tallest Tree on Earth (Charlesbridge) is illustrated by Susan Swan.
Stop by Carrie's website (www.carriepearsonbooks.com) to learn more about her, her books, and her writing.
