The Language of Trees: How Trees Make Our World, Change Our Minds and Rewild Our Lives

'A masterpiece' — Max Porter

'One of the most inspired items of environmental literature in recent years.' —  Irish Independent

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If trees have memories, respond to stress, & communicate, what can they tell us? And will we listen?

A stunning international collaboration that reveals how trees make our world, change our minds & rewild our lives – from root to branch to seed.

In this beautifully illustrated collection, artist Katie Holten gifts readers her visual Tree Alphabet and uses it to masterfully translate & illuminate pieces from some of the world's most exciting writers, artists, activists, & ecologists.

Holten guides us on a journey from prehistoric cave paintings & creation myths to the death of a 3,500 year-old cypress tree, from Tree Clocks in Mongolia & forest fragments in the Amazon to the language of fossil poetry. In doing so, she unearths a new way of seeing the natural beauty that surrounds us & creates an urgent reminder of what could happen if we allow it to slip away.