Tree-Talk: Memories, Myths and Timeless Customs

by Marie-France Boyer

Looks at the role of trees in mythology, rituals, and magic, and shows examples of ancient trees and domesticated trees

Genres: Nature, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published November 1, 1996

Reviews

[Marko · Rating 2 out of 5]

This little book of tree related stories, facts and history has many weird choices in its layout. Some pictures are the size of two pages and some are SO small, that one can not really see any details in them. The texts explaining pictures are also unnecessary small and the main text on the other hand is really big and with HUGE space between the lines. Because of these layout choices this book is really hard to read and unfortunately the actual contents are very much overshadowed by the layout.

[Lanea · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a sweet little snack of a book. It contains photographs of famous ancient trees the world over, and stories explaining folk rituals practiced at or near the trees.

The only downside is that several of the trees photographed in India have swastikas on them. No, they're not Nazi symbols in this instance--they're sun signs--but I always find the things jarring. I think most people do.

[Gina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting book but I found the information a bit dry and brief. There were a lot of place and date references for important trees, but after a while this became tedious to read. The photos and illustrations were again interesting, but these also did not have the impact I thought they would visually.

[LaMor Leach · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book I really enjoyed!