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Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Sebastian Ritscher
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THE TREE IN ME

Corinna Luyken

A stunning and sensitive portrait of the strength within each of us and the nourishment we receive from the natural world, by the creator of the acclaimed My Heart and The Book of Mistakes.
Through poetic text and exquisite illustrations of children reveling in nature, this picture book explores the various ways we as human beings are strong, creative, and connected to others. Each of us is like a tree, with roots and fruit, and an enduring link to everything else in nature.

"The tree in me is strong. It bends in the wind, and has roots that go deep... to where other roots reach up toward their own trunk-branch-crown and sky."

As Corinna Luyken did in her award-winning My Heart, she again provides an invigorating conversation-starter that contains a world of truths--about self-esteem, community, and living a meaningful life.

Corinna Luyken grew up in different cities along the West Coast, and after studying at Middlebury College, she settled in Washington State, where she draws inspiration from nature, her family, and the human form. She is the author and/or illustrator of several acclaimed picture books, including The Book of Mistakes and My Heart.
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Published 2021-03-16 by Dial Books for Young Readers

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DIGITAL ASSET PACK available for download Read more...

The Tree in Me is another of Luyken's revelations. My kids (and I) want to jump into the pages of this book and stay there... There is alliteration and simplicity, words that in Luyken's brilliant arrangement are by their turn punchy or soothing, descriptive without being described.

Italian; Fatatrac ; Japanese: Shinhyoron ; Korean: Flying Star Books ; Portuguese (Brazil): Companhia das Letras ; Portuguese (Portugal): 2020 Editora ; Turkish: Eksik Parca

Corinna will be in conversation with Jennifer LaGarde of LibraryGirl.net Read more...

An essay that Corinna wrote about her inspiration for THE TREE IN ME. This essay as well as others for a few of her books (The Book of Mistakes, My Heart) are available under "essays" on her website. Read more...

THE TREE IN ME is an Indie Bestseller TODAY.com holiday gift guide

The virtual launch of THE TREE IN ME will be in partnership with Corinna's hometown bookstore, Browsers Bookshop, on Sunday March 21st at 2 PM PT.

Corinna Luyken will be reading the book on Instagram Live with Mrs. Dalloway's on Saturday March 20th at 11 AM PT. Read more...

The Wall Street Journal (61M UVPM) called Corinna Luyken's THE TREE IN ME one of the best spring picture books for kids in a review online: "...Birds and bees and flowers and trees! Children ages 2-10 will find lots of fabulous color in a crop of bright springtime picture books. Humming along under the surface in all of them, like lyrics unspoken, is a call to notice connectedness, beauty and variety in natural things..." Read more...

PopSugar (21M UVPM) included THE TREE IN ME in their roundup of 2021 books to add to your TBR Read more...

Luminous and joyous, a fruit pie feast for the eyes as well as the soul.

Featured illustrator in Booklist MEET THE ARTISTS Webinar! March 24, 2021 | 1 PM CT / 2 PM ET Read more...

Artist and author Corinna Luyken draws on this intimate connection between the sylvan and the human in The Tree in Me - a lyrical meditation on the root of creativity, strength, and connection, with a spirit and sensibility kindred to her earlier emotional intelligence primer in the form of a painted poem. Read more...

BookPage (88K UVPM) included the book in their list of Most Anticipated Titles of 2021: "Corinna Luyken's picture books are like exquisitely illustrated poems. Her text, though lyrical, is often quite spare, but when paired with her dreamy and playful illustrations, her books invite readers to linger and return again and again to spot new details and to let new meaning unfold. We've only seen the cover of The Tree in Me, but that's all we need. Luyken's unique literary and artistic gifts are worth waiting for." Read more...

Luyken uses lyrical language and luminous illustrations to create a splendid picture book in which she likens a child's internal landscape to the parts of a tree, successfully conveying the interconnectedness of humans to nature--and to other human beings... a gem of a picture book.

A celebration of humankind's connection to the natural world, as a child joyfully observes how a tree - and all the elements that allow it to flourish - lives on in people. Luyken captures the splendor of nature in her brushwork and patterns... A visual feast.

Movement and energy pour through the spreads as the children play, run, and embrace the very air in this celebration of the way the force of nature courses through every living being.