A life-affirming introduction to how 9/11 affected the United States and how we recovered together. As the tree heals, the girl grows into an adult, and by the 20th anniversary of 9/11, she has become a firefighter like her first-responder uncle. In this moving tribute to a city and its people, a wordless story of a young child accompanies the tree's history. The Survivor Tree found at Ground Zero was rescued, rehabilitated, and then replanted at the 9/11 Memorial site in 2011. Branches of Hope : The 9/11 Survivor Tree by Ann Magee, Penguin Random House Publishers Beth Balogh 31 subscribers Subscribe Share 1.5K views 1 year ago Show more Try YouTube Kids Learn.

Remember and honor the events of 9/11 and celebrate how hope appears in the midst of hardship. They were glimpses of hope in the weeks after September 11, 2001. The branches of the 9/11 Survivor Tree poked through the rubble at Ground Zero. Kate Messner, author of The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs “ Branches of Hope is a tribute to resilience and hope, a gentle way to talk with our youngest readers about the memory of 9/11.” Carole Boston Weatherford, author of Newbery Honor book BOX A life-affirming introduction to how 9/11 affected the United States and how we recovered together.“This true-life fable about a tree that survived 9/11 commemorates the attack while evoking a resilient spirit and the healing power of nature.' Kate Messner, author of The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs The branches of the 9/11 Survivor Tree poked through the rubble at Ground Zero. As the tree heals, the girl grows into an adult, and by the 20th anniversary of 9/11, she has become a firefighter like her first-responder uncle. Branches of Hope is a tribute to resilience and hope, a gentle way to talk with our youngest readers about the memory of 9/11. The Survivor Tree found at Ground Zero was rescued, rehabilitated, and then replanted at the 9/11 Memorial site in 2011.

“This true-life fable about a tree that survived 9/11 commemorates the attack while evoking a resilient spirit and the healing power of nature.'

Branches of Hope by Ann Magee