The Lives of Trees

The Secrets of Trees invites children to learn the anatomy of trees and how we depend on them, and encourages them to appreciate the power of nature.

The book provides basic knowledge about both the vital functions of trees in a larger context and the structural characteristics of their many parts. Children will discover how trees grow, eat, drink, breathe, and sleep. They’ll learn how trees defend themselves, how they sometimes attack, how they reproduce, and even in some incredible cases, how they move! Young readers will also be invited to reflect on how trees and humans coexist.

Massimo Domenico Novellino has a personal passion for plants and biodiversity, as well as travel, photography, and writing. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Padua and teaching assistant at the University of Milan for botany. Novellino authored several books with the university, including a guide of its botanical garden.

Ester Castelnuovo has a degree in scenography from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Italy. In addition to her numerous collaborations with publishing houses, she creates animated scenography and illustrated backdrops for notable theaters, such as the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.

Valentina Figus was born in Milan in 1986. She has a degree in communication and visual design from Politecnico di Milano. She has worked as a freelancer for several publishing companies, creating digital interactive books, graphic layouts, illustrations, and infographics for educational books.