Leanne Statland Ellis wrote TREE HUGGERS because, as a teacher for many years, she has encountered countless students who care deeply about the environment and want to take action to help in any way they can. As a teacher in Los Angeles, Leanne and her students studied the environment and became citizen foresters, often volunteering their time to plant trees with a local nonprofit organization. Many of the events in this book are true. When local ficus trees were being cut down by the city, her students were important members of a grass-roots group that helped to save the trees. She has seen firsthand the force of children’s passions and actions, and she wrote this book to remind children everywhere that they are powerful people who should never be told that they can’t make a difference because they are “just kids”. Leanne now lives in the near north suburbs of Chicago with her husband and daughter, where she continues to teach, write, and appreciate nature.

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