I am sorry for the inconvenience but I don’t have the time to read this anymore and have lost interest in the concept. I believe that it would benefit your book more if I did not skim your book and write a rushed review. Again, I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you for allowing me to have an Arc to this book. We loved it & will probably read it again .
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A beautiful story about friendship and believing in friendship and kindness. Fall in love with trees losing their leaves, and the relationships that arise from manifesting meaning into the world with this lush, perfect little book. The world is full of connections and help, if you look for it, if you believe it is there to see, you will be able to find it. And you can be a part of that kindness and connection. This picture book tells the story of a young person doing just that and the reaction, support or indifference from loved ones as the journey progresses. While trees do have connections in the real world, share nutrients and warnings, it is not clear the trees shown in this story are literally communicating and helping eachother in that scientific way or simply in a metaphor. However, the faith placed in the idea that these trees are friends and care for each other is a calm, welcoming thought. And the scientific connections brought out in the forward call for more inquiry from readers, which is always great. Placed within the context of networks of trees, human community is in the foreground. If two tree could be friends, couldn’t we all also help each other out?

What a precious, love-filled book! One can tell that trees have a special place in author Laura Gehl's heart. The story is about a sweet young girl named Britta and her certainty that her two favorite trees, Apple and Magnolia, are best friends. Apple gave gifts to Magnolia, and Magnolia waved at Apple. The book is filled with the wonder and joy of nature and the connection between all living things. Patricia Metola's illustrations are glorious and full of pastel beauty. From the melodic flow of the words to the joyous, colorful illustrations, this book is a marvel that shows that "unusual friendships can be the most powerful of all."
Thank you to NetGalley and Flyaway Books. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book provided by the publisher, Flyaway Books, via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

If I had to share one word to describe the illustrations, it would be gorgeous. This is a heartwarming read about tenderness, resilence, and openness; qualities that are hard to hold onto as you age, so I love that this book emphasizes them here.

Apple and Magnolia is a fantastical, dreamy book about a young girl who daily spends time by two trees, an apple and a magnolia tree. The girl, Britta, believes the trees are friends. Her father and sister express their doubt but Britta's grandmother supports her belief. When the magnolia tree sickens. Britta does her best to connect the magnolia to the apple, including knitting and then wrapping the trees up in a long, long scarf. She believes the apple tree will help the magnolia recover and grow strong again. Will Britta's plan work? Lovely three color artwork by Patricia Metola brings the story to life.

This book embraces the friendship of two trees, Apple and Magnolia, per the wonderful world and imagination of Brittany!

It deals with themes of determination, love, courage, friendship and, of course, imagination.

With colorful and whimsical illustrations, the author takes us on a ride and shows us that “unusual friendships can be the most powerful of all.”

This story is about a family and their two trees. Brita is a little girl who is absolutely positive that the trees talk to each other. Not only do they talk to each other but they’re friends. Her dad tells her nicely when he doesn’t believe her. Her sister tells her not so nicely when she doesn’t believe her. But Brita still believes. And she sets out to prove that she’s correct. I really liked the intro to this book where the author gives a little bit of information about trees in real life and it just helps push this sweet story into something that will want to be read over and over again. The illustrations are unique mainly because they look like they were illustrated by a child. A good child but a child, so you feel that this is the story of a child for a child.

A heartwarming story of unusual friendships, and how they are often the strongest friendships of all. Britta is determined to help Magnolia, and is convinced that Apple is the reason Magnolia is growing stronger. A touching story about the uncertainties of life, and the unfailing strong bonds of friendship.

I really loved this beautiful picture book! As a children's librarian, I think this will be a perfect choice for a story time with pre-school and younger elementary school kids. The Illustrations are gorgeous, drawn in an oil pastel style and using a limited color pallet of blues, reds, and browns. The main character, Britta, observes the relationship between her two favorite trees and, when the Magnolia begins to whither, makes a plan with the encouragement of her Nana to support the healthy Apple tree in healing the Magnolia. Britta models resilience in her opinions and desires by listening to and discarding her father and sister's dismissals of her beliefs about the trees. I re-read this book multiple times to look longer at the illustrations!

Young Britta likes visiting her trees, Apple and Magnolia every day. As the seasons pass, Britta notices the changes in the two trees. She does what she can to help with the support from Grandma. An endearing picture book on unusual friendships. A girl and her two trees show the reader all about taking care of something precious to you. And I loved the colors throughout.

Miigweetch to Heartdrum and Flyaway Books for the DRC. All opinions are my own.

I absolutely adored the soft, gentle illustration. The artwork perfectly complements this story about two trees who are friends, and the little girl who believes in their friendship. I especially liked the relationship between the main character and her grandmother; when other people in the story dismiss the little girl, Nana always has her back. Nana passes on her belief in the power of ‘unusual friendships’ to her granddaughter, who in turn helps foster the love between Apple and Magnolia.

An all-around charming story. This would be a great read-aloud book for younger children.

A beautiful book with a really lovely message behind it. My four year old daughter loved this one. The illustrations were absolutely stunning.

This is a book about a child who like any other children keeps her own imaginations and would like elders to approve on the same. I like the thoughts of author behind it as she seemed to deeply understand the way things work in family. When we were child we get all the guidance and knowledge from our only source, 'Our Parents'. But , there was someone who even understood what newly become parents might forget to notice and acknowledge to answer, 'Our Grandparents'. They did get the way to let us keep out hope and faith alive in our thoughts. Same way here, when Britta didn't get hope from her father and her dog (well, children can talk to anything all the time, haha), her GrandMaa helped keeping that hope. She encouraged her to imagine things and stay with her curiousity.
I really loved this picture book and would like spread words for it too.

Afterall, "Unusual friendships can be the most powerful of all".

"Apple and Magnolia" is a poetic tale with gorgeous art and a powerful message about unusual friendships. Highly recommended for children and adults. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

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This is an adorable book with great illustrations and I think kids of all ages will be interested in reading this.

As a young girl and even today, I often wonder(ed) at how plants and trees communicate with each other. It always fascinates me to see that when plants/trees/shrubs grow close together, they somehow manage to make room for each other... their branches all grow outward away from that inner circle while towards the inside they grow up to a certain point so as to form a stunning pattern. They communicate!

And Apple and Magnolia book shows that amazing communication - aka friendship - between trees to show how they help each other too! The little girl is convinced the two trees are friends, and when one is in grave danger, she is sure that the other can help ...and she is glad she has someone who believes that as well - her grandma! What happens next is so very wonderful in this sweet read that shows that unusual friendships do exist, and that friendships strengthen us.

(Thanks to NetGalley for the digital RC; all opinions are my own.)

A great story to introduce children to the idea that friendships can be unique and different and can come in any form. I assume that people already know there are scientific studies that prove that trees share water and nutrients through their networks, and also use them to communicate. In this story, we clearly see this as Britta suspects that her beloved trees "Apple" and "Magnolia" are friends. Nobody was believing her except her Nana who was supporting her unconditionally and encouraging her to believe in herself! "Unusual friendships can be the most powerful of all."

This is the story of Britta and an unusual friendship between two trees, apple and magnolia. It is a story about the power of nature and love and is heartwarming and cute. The illustrations are unique and beautiful. Would make a wonderful addition to any picture book collection.

Britta knows her two favorite trees are best friends, and she can’t tell you why. Apple and Magnolia grow near one another, and have always grown strong together, but one day Magnolia’s leaves start to brown and fall.

With her grandmother’s assurance, Britta tries to bring the two together to help one another grown strong.

I did find the story itself, and the illustration style to be quite whimsical. But more than anything I really enjoyed the facts at the beginning and end detailing the many ways that trees actually communicate with one another.