The Tree, The Body

Leaf, branch, fruit. Bird nest, butterfly, snail.

Nose, eyes, lips. Moving hands, running legs.

In two charming art books, a superb painter tells the story of a tree—what it is made of, where it grows, what lives in it and around it—and shows us the wonder that is our body—what are some of its parts, how does it move on land and in water?