![]() ![]() “Big Tree” raises questions about how we care for our home planet. Listen to Meryl Streep read from Brian Selznick's "Big Tree" as a giant sycamore receives warning from mycorrhizal fungi about approaching danger “I realized that with the way I draw and the pencil, because most of the most of my work, and the drawings in ‘Big Tree’ are all done with a pencil, I could use the fog, I could use mist as a way to both obscure the details of the forest, while evoking the mystery of the story." Selznick admits he has never liked drawing trees because they are so complicated. ![]() So the filmscript morphed into drawings and text for a book. But he'd fallen in love with the “Big Tree” story. Selznick says it became clear the movie wouldn't be made. And it's really, in many ways, how the trees of a forest survive and what makes them from individual trees into a community.“ “I learned about the mycorrhizal system, which some people may have heard about, which is the underground fungal system, which connects all the roots of the trees in a forest, passing along information. He consulted a paleobotanist who studies ancient plants and he hiked with park rangers through forests. He also found out about their key role in complex ecosystems, whether it's deep in the forest or on the side of a busy urban avenue. In preparation, Selznick delved into the evolutionary history of trees and their lifecycle. ![]() Photo courtesy of Brittany Cruz-Fejeran book cover courtesy of Scholastic Press Forests and fungi ![]()
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