This Tree is Just for Me!

by Lucy Rowland

With artwork by Laura Hughes, much-loved illustrator of the bestselling picture book, We're Going on an Egg Hunt

Jack has a new book, and he's found the perfect place to read in peace - a big, beautiful tree.
So when a tiger, a bear, an alligator and a whole host of unusual animals ask if they can join him, Jack says, 'NO! This tree is just for me!"

But you've got to be careful what you wish for. When the animals go away, Jack begins to wonder whether keeping something to yourself is so much fun after all. Sometimes, a tree is EVEN better with friends in it too!

This Tree is Just for Me is a charming and uplifting tale of friendship and sharing that will delight children and parents alike.

Genres: Childrens

Hardcover

Published January 20, 2022

About the author

Lucy Rowland works as a speech and language therapist for children. Her experience and passion for her work prompted her to make the leap into writing picture books. When she’s not daydreaming about story ideas, reading A. A. Milne, or thinking up new rhymes, she enjoys backpacking, baking, and long walks on the beach. Lucy Rowland lives in London.

Reviews

[Theediscerning · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, this is quite frankly a weird piece, but a very enjoyably weird one at that. Young Jack has sought out a tree to sit in where he can absorb his new book in the company only of silence, but lo and behold a right menagerie will turn up one by one, and expect him to play along. There's an elephant, an alligator, and everything else you'd never expect to find up there with him. The artwork just about succeeds in convincing, and just when you think it was all a dream you find it's a moral about sharing and not keeping yourself (and your good books) to yourself. This might well have been something Jack enjoyed up there, but it's a breezy, rhyming picture book that's over in two shakes of a tiger's tail, so he'd have needed more to occupy him. Still, this would have been one he certainly remembered – a strong four stars.

[Matti Karjalainen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Veikko löytää rauhallisen lukupaikan puusta, jonne kuitenkin ilmaantuu jos minkälaista otusta. Lopussa kuitenkin tajutaan, että yhdessä on aina mukavampaa puuhailla. Lucy Rowlandin "Ikioma lukupuu" (Mäkelä, 2023) ei siis tarjoa mitään uutta auringon alla. Otetaan satutunnille mukaan, mutta vain jos mitään parempaa ei ehdi tulla vastaan.

[Bookworm4Life · Rating 3 out of 5]

All Jack wants is a quiet tree to sit in while he reads his new book, but when a bunch of animals want to sit in the tree too Jack will need to decide if he really wants the tree to himself or if some things are better sharing

[Abbi Warren · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 star read. Enjoyable story.