Author Maria Gianferrari will read her book “Just One Oak”!

An oak tree is so much more than meets the eye! From tiny fungi to mighty mammals, this amazing tree contains a whole world. For insects and birds, the oak’s leaves, branches, and bark are a home. For bears and squirrels, the thousands of acorns the oak produces are a nutritious superfood. Owls, deer, foxes, and many more creatures are drawn to the rich and healthy environment an oak creates. Because of a single oak tree, its many neighbors flourish.

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Maria Gianferrari is a picture book reader/writer, animal lover, and bird nerd. She writes books that honor our bonds with creatures both domestic and wild, and that celebrate urban ecosystems and the natural world around us. Maria’s most recent titles include Rain and the Reading Horse, To Dogs, with Love, Fungi Grow, You and the Bowerbird, Thank a Farmer, and Being a Cat: A Tail of Curiosity. She lives with her family in Massachusetts, where coyotes, bobcats, and bears traverse her backyard.