Big Tree (novel)

{{Short description|1946 children's book by Mary and Conrad Buff}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox book | name = | title_orig = | translator = | image = BigTree.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = First edition | author = [[Mary and Conrad Buff]] | illustrator = [[Mary and Conrad Buff]] | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = [[Children's literature]] | publisher = [[Viking Press|Viking]] | release_date = [[1946 in literature|1946]] | media_type = | pages = | isbn = | oclc= | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}

'''''Big Tree''''' is a 1946 [[children's novel]] written and illustrated by [[Mary and Conrad Buff]]. Written from the perspective of [[Wawona Tree|Wawona]], a [[personified]] [[Sequoiadendron giganteum|giant sequoia]], the tree tells its life story spanning 5,000 years.<ref name="printz">{{cite book |title=The Newbery/Printz Companion: Book Talk and Related Materials |edition=3rd |editor1-first=John T. | editor1-last=Gillespie |editor2-first=Corinne J. |editor2-last=Naden|publisher=Libraries Unlimited |page=134 |year=2006 |isbn=1-59158-313-6}}</ref> The novel was a [[Newbery Medal|Newbery Honor]] recipient in 1947, the first of the authors' three Honors ([[The Apple and the Arrow|1952]] and [[Magic Maize|1954]]).<ref name="award">{{cite web |url=https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/newbery-medals-honors-1922-present.pdf |title=Association for Library Service to Children - Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books, 1922 – Present |website=ALA.org |access-date=December 19, 2025}}</ref>

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[[Category:1946 American novels]] [[Category:1946 English-language novels]] [[Category:American children's novels]] [[Category:Newbery Honor–winning works]] [[Category:Sequoiadendron|*]] [[Category:Viking Press books]] [[Category:1946 children's books]] [[Category:Children's books about plants]] [[Category:Children's books set in forests]]