Review of The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever

​The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever
Written by H. Joseph Hopkins
Illustrated by Jill McElmurry
Age Level: 3 - 8
Grade Level: K – 5

​Can one person make a difference? Katherine Olivia Sessions did. She changed San Diego from a dry desert town to the leafy green place it is today. How? When she wanted to do something and people said girls didn’t, Katherine did. Like when she was the first woman to graduate from the University of California with a science degree. Katherine marched to her own beat, and it made all the difference for the people of San Diego. 

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