The book profiles 80 tree species out of the roughly 60,000 known species worldwide. There are six thematic sections in the book, including trees that yield practical value, those that provide dyes, essences and medicine, trees that provide food, a section on trees that are of such value to humanity that they must be protected from loss, and a section on ‘Supertrees’ that the author hopes “…will encourage readers to learn more about these givers of life on which we rely so much…”

Reading this book reinforced, for me, how trees have been, and continue to be, of such immense importance in the the development and sustaining of human cultures across most of the planet.

This is an enthralling, wonderfully illustrated book that celebrates the wonder of trees.