Publication Date: 16/11/1995 ISBN: 9781860461170 Category:

The Man Who Planted Trees

Jean Giono

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication Date: 16/11/1995 ISBN: 9781860461170 Category:
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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 Elzeard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzeard 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. Elzeard’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.

Publisher Review

"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" -- Andre Malraux "Thoughtful and potent, this captivating tale of nature and nurture will bring a smile to many lips" * Connexion * "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 *

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