Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. This year for Arbor Day this year we climbed into the NPR archives to find our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction and kids' books. Scroll ...

Whose woods these are I think I know. ~ Robert Frost Source: Sun shines through forest. Used by permission from Dorcon Films. Trees talk, know family ties and care for their young? Is this too ...

A walk with author Peter Wohlleben through the forest he manages in Hummel, Germany, would be a pleasant and enlightening experience, judging by his book. “The Hidden Life of Trees” (Greystone Books, ...

Trees talk to each other and to us. They collaborate among themselves. They have hopes for human society. Tree people and human people resemble one another. We are kin, having branched off in ...

Of the many tender and heart-wrenching moments in “Big Tree,” Brian Selznick’s illustrated novel about two tree seeds, it’s a small illustration toward the beginning of the book that may be the most ...

Highly powered writers I respect recently recommended the book Trees, maps, and theorems by Dr. Jean-luc Doumont as a set of coherent recommendations for improving communications, and I am happy to ...

Our November pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Richard Powers’ “The Overstory.” Become a member of the Now Read This book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing up to ...

Above all else in the plant kingdom, trees make good trellises for our self-regarding thoughts. Robert Frost knew this when he wrote “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” A woodland is the right spot ...

A scene from the documentary THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES. Courtesy of Capelight Pictures, MPI Media Group and Fusion Entertainment. A walk in the woods is a lovely thing but when it is nature tour is led ...