At the moment I'm collecting resources for a very last-minute fall and winter tree study. I'll post those plans when they're complete, but in the meantime I wanted to share what I've discovered thus far.

A tree and forest study for younger kids can be found at Small Things; Pinterest also has some fun ideas. Exploring Nature with Your Child by Dorothy Edwards Shuttleworth has a lovely chapter entitled "Trees and How to Know Them" and the second and/or third book below would be perfect.

Projects: Gelatin Leaf Prints, Pressed Leaves, Leaf Relief, Wax Dipped Leaves

Tree Information

• A Year Among the Trees, or, The Woods and By-Ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1890)
• Among Green Trees: A Guide to Pleasant and Profitable Acquaintance with Familiar Trees by Julia Rogers (1902)
• Trees That Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the Year by Julia Rogers (1909)
• The Secret Life of Trees by Colin Tudge
• A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North America by Donald Culross Peattie
• A Natural History of Western Trees by Donald Culross Peattie

• Tree Identification Book: A New Method for the Practical Identification and Recognition of Trees by George Symonds
• The Sibley Guide to Trees by David Sibley -- Simply the best!
• Trees of North America (Golden Field Guide Series) by C. Frank Brockman
• Northwest Trees by Stephen Arno
• Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Sudworth

Just for Fun

• The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet by Jim Robbins
• American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation by Eric Rutkow - How America's trees and forests shaped the nation.
• The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston
• The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant

Other helpful resources:

• How to Keep a Naturalist's Notebook by Susan Leigh Tomlinson
• Keeping a Nature Journal by Clare Walker Leslie
• New Eyes for Plants by Margaret Colquhoun
• Drawing from the Book of Nature by Dennis Klocek
• Draw 50 Flowers, Trees, and Other Plants by Lee Ames
• A Crow Doesn't Need a Shadow: A Guide to Writing Poetry from Nature by Lorraine Ferra
• The Alphabet of the Trees: A Guide to Nature Writing by Christian McEwan, Mark Stratman
• Words in Place: Reconnecting with Nature Through Creative Writing by Paul Matthews