This beautifully illustrated essay collection offers a curious and creative invitation into the world of trees and the words we use to understand them.
What is crown shyness, and how could a tree be shy? What is heartwood, and what does it have to do with the heart? So often even our scientific terms are rife with surprising etymologies and images that may reveal as much about us humans and our relationship to nature as they do about the things they describe. Words related to trees and forests are no exception.
With a poet's sensibility, Hannah Fries peels back the layers of these ecological terms, reflecting on their meaning both literally and figuratively, intertwining science and metaphor.
| ISBN: | 9781635869811 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 2026 |
| Author: | Hannah Fries, Maria Popova |
| Publisher: | Storey Publishing an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Genres: |
Nature and the natural world: general interest Forests and woodland Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest The Earth: natural history: general interest |
This beautifully illustrated essay collection offers a curious and creative invitation into the world of trees and the words we use to understand them.What is crown shyness, and how could a tree be shy? What is heartwood, and what does it have to do with the heart?
A Forest Language features in the following genres: Nature and the natural world: general interest, Forests and woodland, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, The Earth: natural history: general interest
Hardback. £17.09, down from the £18.99 cover price. Pre-order. 15th October 2026.
A Forest Language was written by Hannah Fries, Maria Popova and published by Storey Publishing an imprint of Little, Brown
A Forest Language has 176 pages
£17.09, reduced from £18.99. Pre-order. 15th October 2026.