Maya Gonzalez is an award-winning children's book artist, author, activist and progressive educator. Their work addresses systemic inequity in relation to race/ethnicity, sexism, and cissexism using children's books as radical agents of change and healing, both personally and culturally. Gonzalez co-founded Reflection Press, a POC, queer and trans owned independent publishing house that uses holistic, nature-based, and anti-oppression frameworks in their books and materials for kids and grown-ups. They are also the creator of the Gender Wheel, a tool to express the dynamic, infinite and inclusive reality of gender, and provides lectures and workshops to educators, parents and caregivers. Visit them online at mayagonzalez.com.

* "An exquisitely crafted call to honor ourselves, one another and the natural world." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"This bilingual story is an anthem to the innate strength and individuality of children and trees...Gonzalez's art and text invite reader participation on multiple levels, thereby appealing to a wider audience." -- School Library Journal

"The art has a magically realistic feel, as children become one with the roots, trunks, and branches of their trees." -- Booklist

Best Books - Kirkus Reviews
CCBC Choices - Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Tejas Star Reading List - Texas Library Association (TLA)