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CAN YOU HEAR
THE TREES TALKING?
CONTENTS
Do Trees Have Grandparents? 18
What Do Tree Children Learn at School? 20
Is There a Forest Internet? 28
Why Do Fungi Grow on Trees? 30
Do Some Trees Prefer to Be Alone? 38
Which Trees Are Record Holders? 42
Who's the Best Forest Detective? 50
Are There Farmers in the Forest, Too? 52
How Do Forests Clean Water? 58
Why Are Trees Important in the City? 60
How Do Trees Know When It's Spring? 66
Why Do Trees Shed Their Leaves in Fall? 70
What's There to Eat in the Forest in Winter? 72
I'VE BEEN LEADING GROUPS OF CHILDREN through the forest for the past
twenty-six years. And I always find it boring to simply explain the differences
between the trees. Isn't it much more exciting to bite into them and taste the
difference? Or how about exploring the forest internet? There really is such
a thing, and the trees use it to exchange news. Nat only that, but they live
in families, help each other out, and can even count. That sounds like a fairy
tale,
