The Together Tree (Healthy Minds, Bk. 5)

A moving story about neighbors who slowly realize that their differences aren’t as important as what ties them together. To read aloud for ages 4 years and up, or to read by yourself.

We have dots and they have stripes, and we DON’T interact. That’s how the two types of Galoons have been living in their neighboring trees for years. Even when natural disaster strikes, they don’t stop arguing. Is there nothing that can unite the two groups?

Adam Ciccio was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He moved to Savannah, Georgia, at the age of twelve and attended St. Andrew’s Preparatory School in Wilmington Island, Georgia. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH) in 2006 and with a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling at Salem State University (Salem, MA) in 2012. Adam owns eight mental health practices that serve both children and adults in Eastern Massachusetts. In addition to his role as President and Owner of Ciccio Counseling Centers, he teaches graduate school in the Mental Health Counseling Department at his alma mater, Salem State University. Adam Ciccio is the author of 18 children’s books, many of his stories themed around cognitive wellness and self-confidence during social-emotional developmental stages.

Katrien Benaets obtained her master’s degree in Free and Applied Graphics at PIKOH (Hasselt, Belgium). Since her first encounter with a pencil, she has been passionate about drawing and illustration. Katrien uses visual storytelling to invite children to enter new, fantastical worlds.