The school tree

The importance of environmental education, direct contactof students with nature for their comprehensive educationand the collaborative spirit in the educational community are presentin “The School Tree”. This story of circular structurenarrates -in simple language- the relationship between a childand a small tree that grows thanks to the affection it receives from him, and the affection of other companions who follow his example.Despite the initial reluctance to have the schoolchildren interactWith the tree, the teacher herself ends up joining in as well.to the initiative of the students, who manage to attract attentionof the botanists.The author takes the temporary liberty of compressing into the pages of this album a process that would take years, symbolically concentrating the voluntary action of protecting the tree in a single group of children. But he goes further, by proposingMay this proposal continue in other schools, spreading its seed and, with it, the social awareness of respect for the environment and the planet.Despite taking place in the small physical space it occupiesThe schoolyard, Emilio Urberuaga - National PrizeIllustration 2011 - places readers in different points of view and makes time flow through the comings and goingsof the characters, the weather changes, and the tree's progressive development. The illustrations stand out for their color, the expressiveness of each scene, and the presence of elements outside the text that enrich the visual reading.