Stretch to the Sun Childrens Hardback Book

A tiny tree, no bigger than a pinky finger, sprouts from the stump of the fallen tree.  The sprout needs light, so it stretches toward the sun.  For more than twelve hundred years, that little sprout grew, survived, and flourished before being discovered by tall-tree researchers in 2006.  At more than 380 feet and still growing, its the tallest tree known on earth.  A unique, vibrant ecosystem hides high in the coast redwood's canopy: huckleberry bushes, ferns, and mosses grow atop its branches, while salamanders and squirrels scamper from limb to limb, and birds nest and feed their young.  Now protected in Redwood National Park in Northern California, the tree stands as a reminder of nature's strength and fragility, and our ability to save an ancient world from destruction