Only a Tree Knows How to be a Tree

Only a Tree Knows How to be a Tree
ISBN: 9781910959251
Publication Date: 1 March 2020

With a sure touch, this beautiful book shows every young child its special place in the world, and how everyone and everything is both itself and part of the whole.

"Every person has their own thoughts in their head, and their own feelings in their heart. Every single person is different. And only they know how to be them."

Only a Tree knows how to be a tree! But trees are just the start - everything and everyone is different and special. Birds, dogs, fishes, people - and our Earth itself - all have their own unique place in our world. And only you know how to be you.

About the Author

Mary Murphy is an author-illustrator who specialises in colourful, bold and simple images for younger children. She counts Dick Bruna and Tove Jansson among the authors whom she loved as a child. Mary studied Illustration and Design in Dublin and has an Advanced Diploma in Visual Communication. Published across the world, including Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Taiwan, her many books include Mouse is Small, Good Night Like This and the I Like it When series, shown on TV's Discovery Channel.