Embracing geographic and seasonal variability, LaRochelle’s observational text coaches would-be artists using simple tactics for noticing. After a basic directive (“Go outside and find a tree”), ...

Squirrels, insects and lightning strikes may be the reason for dead tree branches. Pruning the dead branch will solve the problem in most cases. This has been a long, hot, wet summer and soon fall ...

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 ...