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In terms of using it in the classroom, when teaching the element of imagination and how to look deeper into the world around you to see what you want to see. This book does an excellent job because of its use of dimension and texture and I think children would really enjoy it.

“Picture a Tree“ by Barbara Reid uses the elements of texture and dimension to engage children in a very simple story. It looks as if you can reach into the illustrations and hold onto the trees or feel the feathers on the birds. Opens the eyes of children to see that dimension is important to creating illustrations and how it supports or even complexes what the story is trying to tell us as readers.

I would use “Picture a Tree“ to discuss the four seasons with my students. What are the four seasons? What happens in each season? What does it look like outside in each season? What do you do in each season? What do tress specifically look like in each season and why? These types of discussion questions will not only touch on science standards, but also provide students with the opportunity to share their own seasonal experiences with peers.

“Picture a Tree“ is picture book that uses vibrant colors to display many different perspectives and experiences, which help the readers immerse themselves into the different seasons of trees. For example, the trees are dark and empty or to represent the end of winter, then there is a small bit of vibrant color which represents to blossom into spring, thick trees with rich green to represent summer and explosive red, yellow, and orange for fall.

“A tree can be a high-rise sweet home. A pirate ship, a bear cave, a clubhouse, a friend.“

I thought this was a lovely book to read to my classroom because it compares humans to trees. Like all trees, humans are also all different and unique from one another. I think this would be a good way for children to express themselves.

Picture a Tree is a picture book written by Barbara Reid and published in 2011. As the story is told in the second person, the narrator gives readers plenty of opportunities to see trees in many contexts, from branches in the sky to a tunnel or an ocean of trees, and everything in between. It seems as if the people were created by clay and they were photoshopped onto the background. This shows a great sense of texture between all the trees.

“Some trees are sun umbrellas on the hot walk home.“

I would use Picture a Tree in my classroom as a read aloud that would go along with an art activity. The illustrations are so important in this story. I would have students draw their own picture of a tree with a description of why they see a tree that specific way.

Picture a Tree is a children's picture book written by Barbara Reid was published in 2011. Picture a Tree is a story made up of illustrations that mean more than the words. Each illustration uses color in order for children to see all the different types of trees that one might imagine. The illustrations are filled with detail that allow children to understand what all of these trees mean to someone or can be used for.

“There is more than one way to picture a tree.“

I would use this book in my classroom to teach children about the world around them and the seasons. Within the book, you can see the different seasons and how leaves change depending on the season.

This book uses color to convey meaning. The story is about different ways to see a tree. Each page of the story consists of different colors that are used to allow the reader to gain an understanding of how a tree can be so many things.

"There is more than one way to picture a tree."

I dont know what the pictures are made out of but I like it.

Albert Whitman and Company, 2011
Picture a Tree was pretty good. I like the textures included in the pictures that make the book more interesting. Ot also teaches some good lessons about using your imagination which is obviously important for kids.