Call Me Tree / Llámame árbol

By Maya Gonzalez
Hardcover: $19.95

An imaginary bilingual English/Spanish tale of self-discovery told by a child who grows, learns about the natural world, embraces others, and is free to become who they are meant to be–a child as unique as a tree.

Description

What does it mean to be like a tree?
For one young child, it all begins
as a tiny seed
that is free to grow
and reach out to others
while standing strong and tall-
just like a tree in the natural world.

With this gentle and imaginative story about becoming your fullest self, Maya Gonzalez empowers young readers to dream and reach… and to be as free and unique as trees.

About the Creators

Maya Gonzalez

Maya Gonzalez is an award-winning children’s book artist, author, activist and progressive educator. Their work addresses systemic inequity in relation to race/ethnicity, sexism, and cissexism using children’s books as radical agents of change and healing, both personally and culturally. Gonzalez co-founded Reflection Press, a POC, queer and trans owned independent publishing house that uses holistic, nature-based, and anti-oppression frameworks in their books and materials for kids and grown-ups. They are also the creator of the Gender Wheel, a tool to express the dynamic, infinite and inclusive reality of gender, and provides lectures and workshops to educators, parents and caregivers. Visit them online at mayagonzalez.com.

Awards

  • CCBC Choices

    Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

  • Best Books

    Kirkus Reviews

  • Tejas Star Reading List

    Texas Library Association (TLA)

Reviews

  • * "An exquisitely crafted call to honor ourselves, one another and the natural world."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "This bilingual story is an anthem to the innate strength and individuality of children and trees...Gonzalez's art and text invite reader participation on multiple levels, thereby appealing to a wider audience."

    - School Library Journal
  • "The art has a magically realistic feel, as children become one with the roots, trunks, and branches of their trees."

    - Booklist

Hardcover

  • ISBN 9780892392940
  • Publication Date Sep 25, 2014
  • Trim Size 9 × 10 × 0.5 in
  • Weight 0.8125 lbs
  • Page Count 24
  • Interests

  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Diversity & Multicultural
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Science & Nature / Environment
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / LGBT
  • Themes Animal / Biodiversity / Plant Adaptations, Animals, Beginning Concepts, Bilingual, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Comparing / Classifying / Measuring, Cultural Diversity, Environment / Nature, Exploring Ecosystems, Fiction, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Imagination, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, LGBTQIA+, Multiple Ethnicities Represented, Nature / Science, Poetry
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 5 - 9
  • Grade Range Grades K - 4
  • Guided Reading I
  • Spanish Guided Reading H
  • DRA 10
  • Lexile Code NP
  • Bebop Reading Emergent
  • This Book is Included in These Collections:

    • 64
      Latin American Spanish/Bilingual Collection
      Collection of 64 books: $890.80

      348 in stock

    • 25
      Bilingual Bestsellers
      Collection of 25 books: $398.75