Author #113: Trees in Israel with Sue Alexander

Text by Sue Alexander with illustrations by Leonid Gore, Behold the Trees chronicles the history of trees in Israel and the Holy Land from thousands of years ago to the present.  Written in 2001, the book tells of the changes in the trees through the years.  With the creation of the independent state of Israel in 1948, the return of trees has greatly increased.  The book also tells of some of the benefits of trees.

I've written about the value of trees before with a post about Wangari Maathai of Africa that can be found here: http://cookingandorscience.blogspot.com/2013/05/authors-107-109-plant-trees-of-wangari.html

Leonid Gore has illustrated many books with his beautiful artwork.  See more at http://www.leonidgore.com/