The Name Of The Tree By Celia Barker Lottridge

The Name of the Tree is a picture book that was retold by Celia Barker Lottridge, and illustrated by Ian Wallace. It was the winner of the Elizabeth Mrazik Cleaver award, and also won the Mr. Christie’s book award. A drought throughout the jungle, made all of the animals hungry. As they were walking, they found a tree which held a lot of fruit, but in order to receive it, they would have to know its name. Because they were distracted, all of their attempts failed, until a small tortoise remembered the name, and solved their problem. Because the tortoise was focused, he was able to remember. In the story, the king was the only one who knew the name of the tree. So, the first animal who volunteered to travel to the lion was the gazelle.