HouseHeldUpbyTrees

FromPulitzerPrize-winningpoetTedKooserandJonKlassen,author-illustratorofthefirstevertitletowinboththeKateGreenawayandCaldecottMedal,comesalovely,lyricalexplorationofloss,changeandthenaturalworld,andastoryaboutahouseoverthepassageoftime.Whenthehousewasnew,notasingletreeremainedonitsperfectlawntogiveshadefromthesun.Thechildreninthehousetrailedthescentofwildtreestoneighbouringlots,wherethickbushesofferedsecretplacestoplay.Whenthechildrengrewupandmovedaway,theirfather,aloneinthehouse,continuedhisbattleagainstblowingseeds,pluckingoutsproutingtrees-untilonedayhe,too,movedaway.Then,astheemptyhousebeganitsdecline,thetreesbegantotakeover.Atoncewistfulandexhilarating,thismovingstoryevokestheawe-inspiringpowerofnaturetoliftusup.