A child’s guide to Key West trees: Marvel at the Kapok’s secret powers. Build a dream pirate ship with the wood from the Tree of Life. Play maracas-music with seeds of the Royal Poinciana. Shoot your fingers in the air like the Shefflera flowers. Search the nooks and crannies in the Green Buttonwood’s trunk. Write a secret note to your friend on the dry Seagrape leaf. Examine the Gumbo-limbo’s red and peeling skin. Look for pirate coins under the Silver Buttonwood. Watch the murderous Strangler Fig embrace its host and squeeze it to death. Play catch with the seeds of the Mahogany. Look at the trees around you. Ask questions.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK: Read the tree’s story. Put a star on the map at the back of the book when you find the tree. Draw the leaf.