Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art

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A tree stands on a hill by a river. As the sky changes, so does the tree, its branches filling with clouds, stars, snow, birds, mists, and the golden spring sun. One tree can mean many things.

Thomas Locker's lyrical text records the changes in the tree's world just as simply as a child might observe them, and his magnificent paintings crystallize the natural phenomena that embellish the tree on each page. Questions at the bottom of each page lead to a unique discussion in the back of the book, where art and science are intertwined, and further depth is added to the wonder of Sky Tree.

What Customers Say About Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art:

This is a nice book to read before bedtime, the pictures are beautiful and the words relaxing.

The pictures are nice and the book is ok, just not a book to come back to over and over again.

I am creating curricula that integrates the visual arts and science. This book has it all.What a gorgeous book to look at.

Sky Tree shows how a tree growing on a hill by a river changes through all four seasons. There are questions at the bottom of each page where text appears that provoke discussion. Locker's oil paintings are beautiful and accurate. The text records the changes the tree experiences in simple language. At the end of the book, Locker gives a scientific explanation of each of the paintings: the summer tree, the change tree, the autumn tree, etc. This is a great book to use for teaching about the world of nature.

The artist Thomas Locker studies a tree through a year. The paintings are beautiful. Realism never looked so good in a children's book before.