Such a sweet story about a community coming together to grow trees and improve their environment. Great for Earth Day of anytime of year.

Awe, This is the sweetest, coolest book! This tree hugging, forest, loving, lifelong reader will be buying this for her grandkids💕 The author wrote this book after being inspired by a true story out of the Netherlands. Young Lily asks for a tree for her birthday after visiting a forest. She names her tree George and takes him for walks around the neighborhood to get fresh air and sunlight. What happens on those walks is sweet and inspiring. Beautifully illustrated! If you love trees, you must read this book! 🥰

What a charming story!!

Filled with beautiful and detailed illustrations, this book is a lovely lesson about nature [and its importance], caring for what is all around us, including the people we see each and every day and sharing what we have, even when teased about it [and watching how your sharing can change people's minds and hearts and inspire them to care and share as well].

A must-read in this time of dissent; littles and adults alike will love how this simple little story ultimately has a huge impact and will easily translate into one's daily life.

Very well done!

Thank you to NetGalley, Marie-Louise Gay, and House of Anansi Press, INC/Groundwood Books for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I liked the concept for this book and that it was based on a real project!
I thought the sketch-style illustrations were fantastic and the soft colors were fitting! It was a great read for kids about nature and community.

I can't even tell you how much I loved this book. I'm a retired preschool teacher, mother of 7, and grandmother of 2, so I've read A LOT of children's books - specifically books geared toward the preschool and early elementary ages. This one stands out for so many reasons: it's unique - I've never read a story about a "pet tree" before, the illustrations are beautiful, interesting and detailed, and the message of the book - one person can transform a city - I loved all of it! This is one I will add to my already huge collection of picture books!

This was a very cute, different kids book! The story is fun, unique, and lighthearted, and the illustrations are great.

Lily has such love for the trees of the forest, that she wants a pet tree in her city life. She walks her pet tree and spreads joy and her love of trees everywhere she goes - it’s contagious!

My son loved looking into the trees to see what was in the branches. We will be buying this one to keep on our bookshelf!

Thank you NetGalley for the Advance Reader.

Walking Trees is a lovely book! Lily wants a tree for her birthday, even though the apartment she lives in is rather small and dark. Everyday she takes her tree for a walk (in a little wagon) and the idea catches on and soon the neighborhood is alive with additional walking trees.

It reminds me of Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist and human rights activist who was known as the "Woman of Trees" for her work to reforest Africa.

Love, love, love Walking Trees for the text, illustrations and message! Great job Marie-Louise Gay!

Many thanks to NetGalley, author Marie-Louise Gay and publisher Groundwood Books for approving my request to read the advance read copy of Walking Trees in exchange for an honest review. I love trees! A solid 5 stars in my book! 36 pages. publication date 05 Mar 2024.

Can you take your tree for a walk? Is it like a dog? And why would you want to do so?

Lily wants a tree for her birthday, as she loves trees, even though she lives in an apartment. She names the tree George, and actually takes him walking in the City.

And rather than people thinking it is odd, they enjoy the shade it brings, and other people join in, and soon there is a whole forest being taken for a walk every day.

Such a cute way to show how trees are needed in the city. In fact, people comment how much cooler it is under the trees, and how much the birds like them.

We do need more trees in the city. And this book is inspired by a town that would take trees out for walks in a town in the Netherlands called Leeuwarden. In the summer of 2022, 1000 trees were brought into the city, as part of an art festival.

Hopefully other towns will try this, and the Lily story will not be so strange.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review. This book came out on the 5th of March 2024.

Lily lives in a city and after visiting a forest with her dad she loves it so much she decides she wants a tree. She takes good care of her tree and names him George.
Lily takes her tree for walks, because there's not much room at home, and her neighbors grow to appreciate her tree so much they get their own trees and flowers and other plants. This is a beautiful story of bringing nature into your life and it's based on a true story.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

What a beautiful story and inspired by something that is truly worth repeating. Lily has a relatively simply want, which is to have a tree because she loves nature and trees and there are none in her neighbourhood. So, like a good parent, her father buys her a tree. And she is thrilled when she gets her tree.

Like any child with a pet, she wants to take her tree on walks and with her, and so she figures out a way to do that and to share George with the people around her. Through such simple acts, she inspires others and soon enough, like the true story that inspired the book, Lily is part of a walking forest of trees that they bring around and share with others.

If you have read any Gay stories before, then you would be familiar with her style and her illustrations. This is consistent, and I liked that some characters from other books have cameos. I can't remember if they do in her earlier works, but Stella was the first one I spotted which made me flip back to see if there were others. I am pretty sure there were a few.

All in all, this is a great story that may just kick start a movement with children who pick it up and read it. Maybe they won't want a tree or start a walking forest, but they may ask for a plant or to build up a small garden plot.

I loved this concept! The illustrations were lovely and I liked the theme of finding nature in little p[laces you can. I thought the ending was a little abrupt