The Last Tree
Emily Haworth-Booth
Subjects
- Animal Tales - bundles of fur, fluff and fun
- Facts & Information - lists, stats and plenty of facts
- Facts & Information - lists, stats and plenty of facts
Average rating
An arresting tale that feels both timeless and timely.
A group of friends make their home in a forest. After years of happiness, the community begins to build houses and walls. Soon the adults are not curious about the world beyond. Can the children save the last tree? From the author of the phenomenally successful The King Who Banned the Dark comes a new tale about community and our relationship with the environment and nature. Once upon a time a group of friends were seeking a place to call home. The desert was too hot, the valley was too wet and the mountain was too windy. Then they found the forest. It was perfect. The leaves gave shelter from the sun and rain, and a gentle breeze wound through the branches. But the friends soon wanted to build shelters. The shelters became houses, then the houses got bigger. All too soon they wanted to control the environment and built a huge wooden wall around the community. As they cut down the trees, the forest becomes thinner, until there is just one last tree standing. It is down to the children to find a solution. ‘A timely and inspiring parable.’ The GuardianReviews
It was brilliant book it was about a group of people who wanted to chop down all the trees but one sapling was left people thought it was a weed but everybody got grumpy and a little bit paranoid but a kid saw the tree and when they went to it they felt happy so day by day they watched it grow up same as the children but the parents said it was a weed because they saw it as a saving but it was a great book definetly definetly 5 stars
King Crocodile Pennyfarthing 31.07.2025
I like the book beacuse it is about nature. It is important to look after the environment
Don Cornetto Birdbath 13.09.2023
good but too short
Anonymous 30.08.2023
People wanted to chop down trees but forgot about 1 tree, which was the last tree. They learnt that chopping down trees were bad so they stopped.
Mademoiselle Esmerelda Partridge 27.07.2023
It was good but I found it difficult to read the small words
Anonymous 01.09.2022
I thought when the people built a wall this wasn’t very good because they were cutting down a lot of trees and this is bad for the environment. I thought when the last tree became the first tree this was good because a lot of trees would start growing back and that would be better for the environment. I liked the children best for saving the last tree. I would recommend this book because it is about saving the environment.
Lady Nectarine Eggybread 28.08.2021
