Nell Plants a Tree author-Mike King the Lang fairy books of

the Lang fairy books of many colors have entertained thousands of boys and girls

Stacey Abrams

Illustrated from drawings by Pat Marriott

unbeknownst to Charlie

Blue half-cloth stamped in silver on spine with red boards

Nell Plants a Tree author-Mike King the Lang fairy books ofThis stunning, poetic picture book shows how one little girls careful tending of a pecan tree creates the living center of a loving, intergenerational Black family. Before her grandchildren climbed the towering tree, explored its secret nests, raced to its sturdy trunk, read in its cool shade, or made pies with its pecans . . . Nell buried a seed. And just as, with Nells love and care, her tree grows and thrivesso do generations of her close knit