Cross-species cooperation helps to save a leafy home in an endearing, pastoral tale that features a final pop-up surprise.

Deep in the forest one morning, Pigeon Post is going about her usual business when she notices a huge X on the trunk of the old tree. All the tree’s residents have a different theory about whom is to blame, until Captain Crow solves the mystery — but can they stop their quarreling before it’s too late? Ruth Brown’s delightful tale of cooperation and conservation, complemented by her luminous illustrations, is sure to engage readers from the start of the story to the wonderful pop-up tree on the final spread.

Thoughts from my son:
(This book was read at school last year and my son came home and told me that we needed to own it.  It is currently out of print, but we were able to order a used copy online.  I tried our local independent bookstore first, but they were unable to get a copy since it was out of print.)

In this book  the characters are Post Pigeon,the Badger, Miss Rabbet, Mr Squirrel, Professor Owl , Maggie ,Captain Crow,the woodpecker and the parakeets.  They all are trying to find out why there is a white X on their tree.  Captain Crow figures out what the X means and then they work together to save the tree that is their home.