Tree Day

A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Arboreal Lives

Meg Lowman, Thibaud Hérem

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English

Chicago University Press
10 November 2025

Botany & plant sciences; Conservation of the environment; Gardening; Trees, wildflowers & plants

Series: Earth Day

An hourly guide that spotlights twenty-four trees as they flower, root, and host diverse forest life.

In this short book, tree-top explorer Meg Lowman guides us through a global forest. Each chapter of Tree Day introduces a single tree during a single hour, highlighting twenty-four sylvian species from around the world.

In the dark of Yemen's night, it is too early to see the red sap from which the dragon's blood tree gets its name. But if we watch closely, we will see nocturnal geckos carry the trees' pollen in their snouts. Later, in the Pacific Northwest, we climb the world's tallest species, the coastal redwood. The morning fog is a reminder that redwoods absorb water through their roots and canopies, helping them survive such heights. The sun is already low in the sky on an autumn afternoon. Given the darkness of this New England forest, the sugar maple's leaves have stopped producing chlorophyll that converts light into energy—and green gives way to vivid crimson foliage. After many hours of boiling, the maple sap makes delicious maple syrup. As the sun sets in Mexico, we observe the origin of another treat, chocolate. The cocoa tree's flowers sprout along its trunk and branches, allowing easy access for tiny insects like midges that pollinate the tree and make a start to delicious food for humans, monkeys, bats, and squirrels. By the end of our tree day, we will understand that trees are the silent caretakers of our planet, providing us with medicines, foods, machinery for making fresh water and oxygen, and more.

For each hour, celebrated artist Thibaud Hérem has depicted these trees with gorgeous pen and ink illustrations. Working together to narrate and illustrate these unique moments in time, Lowman and Hérem have created an engaging read that is a perfect way to spend an hour or two—and a true gift for anyone who has ever looked up at a tree in wonder.

By: Meg Lowman
Illustrated by: Thibaud Hérem
Imprint: Chicago University Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 152mm, Width: 121mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 286g
ISBN: 9780226833965
ISBN 10: 0226833968
Series: Earth Day
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Meg Lowman (also known as CanopyMeg) is a treetop explorer and forest conservationist. She is one of the world’s first arbornauts and has climbed trees in over forty countries. Lowman is the executive director of the TREE Foundation and the founder of Mission Green, a project to build canopy walkways in the world’s ten most endangered, high-biodiversity forests. Lowman has authored eleven books, including The Arbornaut and Life in the Treetops. Thibaud Hérem is a French illustrator specializing in drawings with incredible hand-drawn detail. He has authored or illustrated several books, including Raising a Forest and The Story of Trees.

Reviews for Tree Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Arboreal Lives

“I highly recommend Tree Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Arboreal Lives. It is not just a book filled with scientific facts. It is also a book, written in Meg Lowman’s engaging story telling style, which reveals her love (which I share) of trees as living beings. It will help all who read it to understand the important role trees play in our lives and the life of our planet. Congratulations, Canopy Meg.” * Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and United Nations Messenger of Peace * “‘Canopy’ Meg Lowman is rightly famous for introducing thousands of people to the forest from high in the branches. Now she reveals trees through the hours of the day. With illustrations by Thibaud Hérem, this fine book should belong to anyone who loves nature—as well as those who don’t yet.” * Richard Louv, author of ""Last Child in the Woods"" and ""The Nature Principle"" * “Most charming of all is Lowman’s joy and wonder at the natural world . . . By the time you reach the last page of this book, you’ll either want to climb a tree, hug a tree or both.” -- Praise for Lowman's ""The Arbornaut"" * San Francisco Chronicle *