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The Tree That Was a World

Yorick Goldewijk

$18.99

The interconnected stories of seventeen creatures all living and dreaming underneath the same tree.

The tree is as old as the world, covered in cracks and crevices–and full of life. A sloth hangs on a branch all day but longs to somersault through the woods. The moon moth caterpillar watches her friends shed their skins and decides to do things differently. The barn swallow feels like she’s lost something–but can’t remember what. The common toad disagrees with his name–and the duck-billed platypus might have something to say about that. The red squirrel has the strangest sense that he might be a human–for one, that looks like a watch on his wrist! Wherever you look in this tree, another creature has a thought, a dream, a decision, a question…

Fiction · Humor · Nature · Short Stories