New Multicultural Children's Book "Just Like Me, Climbing a Tree" by Durga Yael Bernhard

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - March 30, 2015 - PRLog -- If you were climbing a tree, just what might you see? Birds or animals or insects? Would you swing like a monkey? Or pick the ripest fruit straight from the branch? Join award-winning author and illustrator, Durga Yael Bernhard, on a trip around the world to climb its weirdest and most wonderful trees. No matter if you are in Africa, Asia, Europe, or America, there is a grand adventure waiting for you—provided you have a tree to climb in your neighborhood!

More About This Book

v  This book is about the fun activity of climbing trees, while offering a subtle lesson on multiculturalism.

v  It describes 12 distinctive trees from across the globe and the local children that climb them.

v  It includes detailed educational notes of each tree, including the origin, and fascinating facts, which will help answer any questions that curious young minds might have.

v  A song was written about this book and sung by award-winning children’s performer Story Laurie (Laurie McIntosh). It can be downloaded at www.storylaurie.com/just-like-me.

v  The publisher's website, www.wisdomtalespress.com, offers free coloring pages and Discussion Guides for parents, teachers and librarians.


Publication Details

v   ISBN: 978-1-937786-34-2

v   Pub Date: Arbor Day, April 24, 2015

v   Price: $16.95

v   Trim Size: 8”x 11”

v   Page Count: 32 hardcover

v   Ages: 5 and up

About the Author & Illustrator

DURGA YAEL BERNHARD was raised in New York’s Hudson Valley and began painting at the age of thirteen. Yael is the illustrator, designer, and/or author of numerous award-winning children’s books, including fiction and non-fiction, multicultural folktales, and innovative concept books. She brings a variety of interests to her work, including a strong grounding in African music and dance, studies in Eastern and Western religion, and a love of nature that fills her daily life in the Catskill Mountains. An avid tree lover, she was inspired to create this book by all the trees she has seen at home and in her travels, as well as by the children she has observed climbing them with universal curiosity and wonder. She has written and illustrated several other books about trees, including The Way of the Willow Branch; Earth, Sky, Wet, Dry; The Legend of the Sequoia; and The Tree That Rained. Yael is also a fine artist known for her spiritual and family-oriented themes, and a children’s arts-in-ed teacher. She lives in southeastern New York State.