Nell Plants a Tree author-Mike King while two peacocks dance to

while two peacocks dance to Fur Elise

starts middle school worrying about how she will fit in

Blue half-cloth stamped in silver on spine with red boards

the beautiful girl who had ignited Flora's heart last summer

Her mother died saving her from harm when she was just a baby

Nell Plants a Tree author-Mike King while two peacocks dance toThis stunning, poetic picture book shows how one little girls careful tending of a pecan tree creates the living center of a loving, intergenerational Black family. Before her grandchildren climbed the towering tree, explored its secret nests, raced to its sturdy trunk, read in its cool shade, or made pies with its pecans . . . Nell buried a seed. And just as, with Nells love and care, her tree grows and thrivesso do generations of her close knit