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‘A book for children from 8 to 80. I love the humanity of this story and how one man’s efforts can change the future for so many. It’s a real message of hope.’ Michael Morpurgo
Discover this beloved masterpiece of nature writing that is a hymn to creation and to the power of the individual to do their bit to change the world for the better.
In 1910, while hiking through the wild lavender in a wind-swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a shepherd called Elzéard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzéard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness.
Ten years later, after surviving the First World War, he visits the shepherd again and sees the young forest he has created spreading slowly over the valley. Elzéard’s solitary, silent work continues and the narrator returns year after year to see the miracle he is gradually creating: a verdant, green landscape that is a testament to one man’s creative instinct.
A beautiful story of hope, survival and selflessness, The Man Who Planted Trees resonates as strongly with readers today as when it was first published.
Featuring an introduction from award-winning naturalist Richard Mabey, author of Nature Cure.
Discover this beloved masterpiece of nature writing that is a hymn to creation and to the power of the individual to do their bit to change the world for the better.
In 1910, while hiking through the wild lavender in a wind-swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a shepherd called Elzéard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzéard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness.
Ten years later, after surviving the First World War, he visits the shepherd again and sees the young forest he has created spreading slowly over the valley. Elzéard’s solitary, silent work continues and the narrator returns year after year to see the miracle he is gradually creating: a verdant, green landscape that is a testament to one man’s creative instinct.
A beautiful story of hope, survival and selflessness, The Man Who Planted Trees resonates as strongly with readers today as when it was first published.
Featuring an introduction from award-winning naturalist Richard Mabey, author of Nature Cure.
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"A book for children from 8 to 80. I love the humanity of this story and how one man's efforts can change the future for so many" (Michael Morpurgo Independent)
"The Man Who Planted Trees...is really special to me – it’s a book I give away to people a lot" (Kevin McCloud Mail on Sunday)
"One of the greatest writers of our generation"
"Thoughtful and potent, this captivating tale of nature and nurture will bring a smile to many lips" (Connexion)
"In Giono's work what every sensitive, full-blooded individual ought to be able to recognise at once is 'the song of the world'"
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"The Man Who Planted Trees...is really special to me – it’s a book I give away to people a lot" (Kevin McCloud Mail on Sunday)
"One of the greatest writers of our generation"
"Thoughtful and potent, this captivating tale of nature and nurture will bring a smile to many lips" (Connexion)
"In Giono's work what every sensitive, full-blooded individual ought to be able to recognise at once is 'the song of the world'"
Introduction by Richard Mabey for the first time in paperback edition.
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- PublisherHarvill Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1860461174
- ISBN 13 9781860461170
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages56
- IllustratorBrockway Harry
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Brockway, Harry (illustrator). Paperback. The narrator of this allegorical tale, journeying by foot across the barren plains of the lower Alps, has his thirst assuaged by the well water drawn by the shepherd ElzAfA(c)ard Bouffier. Thus begins the subtle parable that Giono weaves of the life-giving shepherd who chooses to live alone and carry out the work of God. Over forty years the desolate hills and lifeless villages which so oppressed the traveller are transformed by the dedication of one man. All with the help of a few acorns. Written in the 1950s, Giono's brief story, which he hoped would help set in motion a worldwide reforestation programme, had a message ahead of its time. It has inspired many readers over the years to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its wilful destruction. This edition is enhanced by Harry Brockway's delightful engravings and by an afterword by Alyne Giono. A parable for modern times, "The Man Who Planted Trees" is a simple and unforgettable tale about perseverance, hope, and humility. In the years before the First World War, in the foothill sof the French Alps, the narrator meets a shepherd who has quietly taken on the task of planing 100 acorns a day in an effort to reforest the desolate region. Over the next several decades, this man's quiet, solitary works comes to fruition—the region in transformed, life and hope return, and the world is renewed. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781860461170
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