Brenda Silsbe, a Terrace native who grew up in logging country surrounded by trees and wilderness poses, in her seventh kids' book, the poetic question: A tree is just a tree? (Lobster $17.95). Not to a cold night, she replies, nor a hot day, a wood sprite or a holiday. Answers paired with whimsical renderings by artist Yayo include chatty fir trees and a fox-taunting fairy. 1-894222-35-0 (2003)

[Spring 2003 BCBW]