
Today the mulberry tree spoke to me said Jonathan at dinner in a moment of quiet His mother looked at him strangely & his father coughed His sister laughed out loud Really really said Jonathan his eyes filling with tears Jonathan is a quiet little boy He loves to dream & play by himself & feels that the other children at kindergarten don't like him One day the mulberry tree in his back garden starts to talk to him It tells him what the weather is going to be & warns him of a fire Their friendship deepens But as Jonathan grows up will he still remember the tree? This is a charming story book about love loss loneliness & friendship & about how children can connect to places in ways that adults cannot