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A Tree Is Nice is a classic tale about the beauty of the everyday world. "Simont's watercolors perfectly complement the poetic simplicity of the text, allowing the reader room to engage in his or her own imaginative embroiderings about trees" (Children's Books and Their Creators).

Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice.

《树真好》让我们重温我们生活中有关树的一切美好的记忆和体验。“树真好。高高的大树遮住了天空”；“树长在河边，树长在山谷，树长在高高的山顶上”；“很多很多树在一起，就叫做大森林。树让一切都变得那么好”；“如果你只有一棵树，那也很好。因为，树上有好多树叶。整个夏天，都可以听到风吹树叶，沙沙地响”……作者特别用心地发掘了童年与树木之问（间）的记忆和联系——“我们爬到树上，看各家的院子。我们坐在树权（枝）上，静静地思考。我们还在树上，嬉笑玩耍，扮演海盗”……娓娓道来的散文化的讲述风格，令人在看似琐屑的欣赏过程中油然产生一种亲切而又温情的阅读体验。