The Girl Who Planted Trees
Caryl Hart, Anastasia Suvorova
In this empowering picture book by award-winning author Caryl Hart, one small girl inspires her whole village to plant a beautiful forest on the mountain. When a little girl's grandad shows her a picture of what the great, grey mountain used to look like, she can't wait to plant a new forest and for the animals to return. Although the girl soon realises growing trees isn't easy, she doesn't give up. After many weeks, a little patch of green appears on the mountain and gives the whole village hope. Then, one day, a terrible storm comes tearing up the valley, destroying every single one of the girl's saplings. Has all her hard work been for nothing? Or has it inspired those around her to share her dream?In this lyrical and hopeful picture book, one girl's imagination, determination and positivity motivates a whole community to work together to create something amazing that will last forever. With subtle addresses to the reader, children and grown-ups will feel empowered to tackle global issues such as deforestation and realise that, in the words of Greta Thunberg, 'No one is too small to make a difference'. This is an uplifting tale for our time, inspired by Jean Giorno's The Man Who Planted Trees, written by Caryl Hart, author of Girls Can Do Anything! (illustrated by Ali Pye), and with evocative artwork by Anastasia Suvorova. Perfect for fans of Amazon bestseller Somebody Swallowed Stanley and acclaimed picture book Greta and the Giants. Caryl Hart is the author of books and series including The Princess and the . . . and How to Grow a Dinosaur. She has won many awards including a Magnola Book Award, the Geoffrey Trease Prize for Children's Writing, the Oldham Brilliant Books Award and the Stockport Brilliant Book Awards. Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free 'Stories Aloud' audio recording - just scan the QR code and listen along!
Reviews
This book made we want to go out into the garden and explore!
Anonymous 31.08.2025
Beautiful story
Anonymous 05.08.2025
I loved this book because she was helping the environment which is very important. I felt very proud of the girl & her grandpa & thought their relationship was nice. The story made me feel very inspired like I can do anything & even change the world! I would definitely recommend this book!
Anonymous 02.09.2024
It’s amazing how people can gather together to help little girl, I loved how forest looked.
Anonymous 31.08.2024
I loved this book because the little girl grew trees until she was old and she made the mountain green.
Anonymous 31.08.2024
1)A girl who saved her beautiful village by bringing her green mountain back. 2)The girl because she saved her mountain and she is smart and brave. 3) I will recommend this book it is a nice story.
Anonymous 21.08.2024
I liked the girl and the trees
Anonymous 20.08.2024
We read this whilst listening to the audio. She needed to plant trees and before that the mountain was dry and grey but she made it green and when she was older she saw that there was a whole lot of trees.
Anonymous 09.08.2024
Very nice story . From this story we learned that it’s our responsibility to take care of plant and to plant a lot of trees .
Anonymous 27.07.2024
I liked the book because the planted lots of trees and the mountain became so beautiful. Animals came back to the wonderful green land.
Anonymous 07.01.2024
I thought the book shows you how to take care of the world. I thought it was a good book. My favourite character was the girl, because she planted trees. I would recommend it to my friends to read.
Anonymous 02.01.2024
A beautifully illustrated book. My daughter loves seeing the pictures and following the story about growing trees.
Anonymous 02.01.2024
It was very interesting. I like the girl the best and would recommend it to my friends.
Anonymous 27.12.2023
I liked the little girl because she helped to plant trees and I love that book
Anonymous 24.08.2023
Really enjoyed this.
Anonymous 21.08.2023
Great
Anonymous 15.08.2023
Great story about saving the planet and make it more green!
Anonymous 12.08.2023
I loved the pictures and the book was really easy to read
Anonymous 08.08.2023
I like that there was plants in it
Anonymous 01.08.2023
I really liked this book. It had a good message. The pictures were very good too.
Anonymous 31.07.2023