Eleven-year-olds Lucy and Claire like nothing more than sitting beside the old oak tree on sunny days making daisy chains. But one day Lucy sees something move on the old oak tree’s trunk and from that day on, just sitting beside the old oak tree becomes a thing of the past. For what happens when you draw eyes on an acorn and then plant it? Someone has done that in the past and now the old oak tree is the result.Millie Mills’s The Magical Oak Tree is a delightful story full of adventure for young children. What happens if you cut out a door on the oak tree’s trunk? Who lives inside the oak tree? And can an old oak tree be lonely? These are just a few of the questions that will puzzle Lucy and Claire as their relationship with the tree grows.
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