A apple tree stands bare in the still of winter, its solitary occupant—an owl—peering out from a die-cut hole in the center of its trunk: “Owl sits watching in his tree.../ No one sees as much as he.” ...

I’m usually opposed to both book destruction and the use of clichés but exceptions may have to be made for the new picture book from the Minnesota Historical Society, “How to Draw a Tree.” The book is ...