A Tree is a Time Machine
Mine and my brother's new book, A Tree Is A Time Machine (published by Laurence King/Hachette), is out now. It's a non-fiction picture book about time, narrated by a 4000-year-old yew tree. It's about tree time, the immensity and slowness of deep time, and the overwhelming, kinda unnecessary rush of modern human life (not talking about YOU obviously, YOU'RE busy doing important stuff :-). Fittingly, it took ages to make - it turns out yew trees are quite hard to draw. But it only takes a minute to order your copy and change your entire outlook!!! Available from all good bookshops. Thank you, now go hug a tree 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
From the publisher:
Slow down and see the big picture in this warm, witty and beautifully illustrated book for children and adults inviting us to wonder at our precious time on Earth.
You are invited to travel through the ages in the company of a 4,000-year-old yew tree named Eunice, whose perspective on time is very different from our own. Her wisdom will get you pondering: why is humanity in such a rush lately? Why does time fly and sometimes drag? And how can the actions of one generation change things for those who follow?
Guiding you on a journey from the extremely long past to the head-spinning present and the unshaped future, Eunice reminds us that in a world that seems to be travelling at warp speed, taking your time is sometimes the best thing you can do. After all, some of the most important things in life can't be sped up.
A Tree is a Time Machine is an antidote to uncertain times, and the perfect gift for anyone who has ever felt like they just want the world to slow down.
By the authors of The Biggest Footprint, winner of the James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Children's Nature Writing 2022.