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Our Tree Named Steve

by Alan Zweibel · 2005 · 32 pages

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In a letter to his children, a father recounts memories of the role Steve, the tree in their front yard, has played in their lives.

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Genre
literary fiction
Themes
environmentnaturewritersgrieffamily
Setting
2000s
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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