The 13-Storey Treehouse (The Treehouse Books) (The Treehouse Series, 1)

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I liked this book. It was somewhat technical but the author did a good job explaining how using tree rings can show events in the past. Most commonly, the dating of events using tree borings and cuttings from logs used in objects is what is done. How the methods work, what the rings look like, and how they are correlated with other artifacts from the past is covered in the first few chapters. The examples come from all over the world, and especially in Arizona where most of her work has been conducted.

The story continues with Andy and Terry in their treehouse. They have expanded it to 26-stories, and there are new distractions to keep them from writing subsequent books. They now have a bumper car rink, an antigravity chamber, a Maze of Doom, and many other things. The Maze of Doom is so complicated that no one has made their way out of it.

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Het verband dat ze schetst tussen de natuurlijke klimaatvariaties en de menselijke geschiedenis is verbijsterend. Zo gaat ze in op de val van het West-Romeinse Rijk, maar ook de Khmer, de Maya, de Azteken, de oude puebloculturen in Noord-Amerika, enz. Nooit pretendeert ze dat het klimaat de enige factor is, wel dat je telkens opnieuw ziet dat die grote rupturen in de menselijke geschiedenis elke keer samengaan met ingrijpende klimatologische variaties (bv. droogtes die decennia duren en waartegenover de droogtes die we nu meemaken een peulschil zijn). Als culturen en maatschappijen dergelijke klimaatvariaties goed doorstaan, is dat omdat ze flexibel waren, niet op één paard wedden, omdat er snel en doortastende aanpassingen werden doorgevoerd, en dat alles voldoende gedragen door de maatschappij. Meestal zie je echter politieke instabiliteit, opstanden, hongersnoden, gebieden die verlaten worden. Dat laatste kon nog makkelijk in een dunner bevolkte wereld, maar is nu allesbehalve evident. Helemaal vrolijk word je er niet van, maar het goede is dat ze de verbanden uitlegt, wel eens formuleert wat er nodig zou zijn om de huidige klimaatverandering aan te pakken, maar nooit pamflettistisch wordt. This book seemed right up my alley & she really got my attention in the second chapter when she declared that all the wood in a tree is dead save for the cambium layer just inside the bark which other sources dispute. Most agree that the heartwood is dead even though a tree in good shape has a solid heart. There is a good deal of debate on the transition from sapwood to heartwood & some think the sapwood isn't really dead, but more in a state of very slow growth, almost dormancy. They say that if it wasn't alive, it would decay & couldn't turn into heartwood, much of which is distinctly different in color from sapwood due to collecting minerals since the sapwood is the area through which the majority of the sap rises in the tree. It makes me wonder if we have a good definition of 'dead'. The audiobook is narrated by Coleen Mario. She speaks clearly but way too fast. I had to turn the speed down to 80%--and then it sounds distorted. There is a lot of information to absorb. A reader needs time to think about that which they are told if it is going to be remembered! Had she spoken slower, I would have given four stars to the narration but have instead settled on three. These stories have been made into a play as well. The play has the treehouse at 52 stories high. It happens to be Andy’s birthday, but Terry forgot. Another character has disappeared, and Terry’s partner, Jill, has fallen into a deep sleep. Andy and Terry must set off on an adventure beyond the Treehouse. They face some very challenging obstacles along the way. There is a hungry caterpillar and a kingdom of angry vegetables. There is even a voyage of ninja snails that has been going on for 100 years.

The book begins with the narrator and fictional depiction of the author, Andy Griffiths, giving an introduction to himself, his friend and illustrator Terry Denton, and their treehouse. However, Andy is still upset with how he and Terry haven't got their book done, but Terry suggests that they write what happened that day. They write the events up and with the help of Jill in a Santa-like sleigh, get their book to Mr Big Nose for it to be published. The enduring classic of all things arboreal. Evelyn published his marvellous account of England’s trees soon after the Restoration of Charles II, to promote tree-planting and so secure the country’s future supplies of oak timber. In the days before iron and steel, trade, exploration and defence all depended on oak-built ships. What’s appealing about this classic is Evelyn’s infectious enthusiasm and strong opinions about trees. Gabriel Hemery’s recent revisiting, The New Sylva, brings Evelyn up to date and includes beautiful pencil sketches by Sarah Simblet. Parents of children using Read Write Inc. Phonics may be interested in our home learning kits and flashcards: Read Write Inc. Phonics kits > Dendrochronology has taught us how climate changes have impacted past societies. The author goes on to speak out against deforestation, the burning of fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. One can scarcely state this to be new, but nevertheless she adds her voice to those speaking out against man’s impact on the environment. She adamantly supports the urgent need for change.

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There are so many things to do in the treehouse that you won’t want to leave. They have self-making beds, a game room, vines to swing on. They even have a vegetable vaporizer that is a great way to eat your vegetables without having to taste them. These machines can discern whether or not you are hungry and feed you accordingly. Dendrochronologie is een fantastisch onderwerp en vakgebied en dit boek komt met mooie voorbeelden. Toch ben ik kritisch. Ik heb de Nederlandse vertaling gelezen en dat was toch wel een beetje pijnlijk. De vertaling was namelijk ronduit slecht en op iedere pagina zijn minstens vier anglicismes te vinden. Daarnaast was er geen, of te weinig, moeite gedaan om de zinsopbouw aan te passen naar het Nederlands. Ook de schrijfstijl kon ik niet waarderen, maar dat is een kwestie van smaak. The prize draw is only open to UK Residents, but the survey is open for anyone to complete and we'd love to hear from all of you – wherever you are in the world! Andy wakes up one morning, and on his way to getting breakfast, he meets Terry, painting a white cat yellow to turn it into a canary, or a "catnary". After being dropped from the treehouse, the cat grows wings and flies away. Andy and Terry are then greeted by their animal-loving friend Jill, who wants to find her pet cat, Silky. It turns out that the cat Terry painted was that exact cat. Andy and Terry try to remain innocent when Jill questions them. Right after Jill leaves, Andy and Terry receive a call via a 3D video phone by their publisher, Mr Big Nose, who is upset that the duo is behind schedule. The book has spawned a series of sequels, each of them adding 13 stories to the treehouse and other humour fiction:

Children around the world know that to tell how old a tree is, you count its rings. Few people, however, know that research into tree rings has also made amazing contributions to our understanding of Earth's climate history and its influences on human civilization over the past 2,000 years. In her captivating new book, Tree Story, Valerie Trouet reveals how the seemingly simple and relatively familiar concept of counting tree rings has inspired far-reaching scientific breakthroughs that illuminate the complex interactions between nature and people. There are also other theatre adaptations of previous books in the series: The 13-Story Treehouse and The 26-Story Treehouse. The adaptation is targeted to children between the ages of 6 and 12 and the adults that come with them.Tate Britain’s winter retrospective demonstrated Paul Nash’s extraordinary and enduring feeling for trees. His autobiography, Outline, works as a companion to his painting career, linking the beech tree in his special childhood place in Kensington Gardens to the mysterious group of beeches silhouetted on the hill at Wittenham Clumps, and then to the devastated, topless trunks in the first world war battlefields of northern France. Our Read with Oxford series features the much-loved characters who have been helping children learn to read for over 30 years. When Andy and Terry began to write their book, a giant gorilla started shaking the tree yelling, “BANANA!” Then a chauffer arrives, informing Terry has won the Barky the Barking Dog drawing competition and gets to meet Barky. But squished by the giant gorilla.As the duo loses hope. 13 flying cats, lead by Silky, began fighting the gorilla. Which was successful. The canaries then lift the gorilla away. Of course, I cannot comment on the accuracy of the science, but given Prof Trouet's CV, there's no reason to doubt the contents. Inhoudelijk is er duidelijk geprobeerd om dit toch wat academische onderwerp toegankelijk te maken. Dat is goed gelukt, maar ik denk dat er wel meer uit gehaald kon worden. Een ander inhoudelijk punt van kritiek is dat er toch behoorlijk deterministisch met de gegevens wordt omgegaan. Trouet zegt enerzijds dat er natuurlijk nooit direct bewijs is dat droogte X de oorzaak is voor de ondergang van wereldrijk Z, maar legt anderzijds wel erg vaak de relatie tussen de twee. Tegelijkertijd meldt ze dan dat er allerlei andere factoren zijn die ook een rol kunnen spelen bij de ondergang van wereldrijk Z, waardoor je eigenlijk je eigen argument onderuit haalt. Causaliteit, oorzaak en aanleiding, worden niet helder uit elkaar gehaald en dat vind ik niet sterk voor iemand die daar beroepsmatig dagelijks mee bezig is.

I had the opportunity to zoom on an author’s interview on the publication date, so I managed to get more information about this book before I read it. That helped give it more depth and context as to what Trouet is like in her work and writing. Using trees to figure out climate history is fascinating & she describes both its upsides & limitations. It's not straight forward & there are some big gaps, but also some surprisingly detailed records that are used to calibrate other methods such as carbon dating. She briefly touches on ice & stalagmite sampling, both of which are similar to tree ring samples. This gets her into wood microscopy a little & the book has some pictures. It's a fascinating field & she discusses it to the correct depth for this book. ( R. Bruce Hoadley is tops in the field & I've worked through 2 of his books with my cheap microscope.) Towards the end of the book her theme really embraces our current climate change & she has a lot of interesting facts to support it, but she also gets rather strident & repetitive, both a real turn off to me. The author of this book is a dendrochronologist. Dendrochronologists are scientists who study the rings that appear each year in tree trunks. The tree rings are used as means of calculating the dates when other events occur, for example the eruption of volcanoes, the destruction by hurricanes and earthquakes, the fall of meteorites. The bubonic plague, Angkor Wat, the Aztec and Mayan civilizations are studied and redated using dendrochronology. Dendrochronology’s been used by archeologists for nearly a century. The method pinpoints dates more accurately than carbon dating!

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A doorbell rings, however the duo discovered it was Jill, in which she thought she saw Silky. Andy confessed that it was Silky but Terry turned her into a canary. But Jill was glad and thanks Terry. At the beginning of the book, there is a detailed illustration of the different areas of the treehouse. Andy writes the words for their book, and Terry does the illustrations. Help your child build their vocabulary and develop spelling skills with age-appropriate dictionaries from Oxford children's dictionaries. Children's fiction I'm kind of a tree nerd having gained an interest in them after years of use because of turning. When I got a lathe, I was too cheap to practice on store bought wood, so I raided the firewood pile & found a treasure trove of gorgeous wood. That led me to stopping at houses with a downed tree to beg for wood to turn & raiding other firewood piles. I found that I didn't know what the wood was half the time, so I tried to cure my ignorance which led into studying trees for the past couple of decades.