​While Little Pine was not written with the intention of it finding a home in classrooms, educators have pointed out to us the book’s relevance to the classroom curriculum, including the study of habitats and interdependent relationships.

Little Pine was intended to be interactive, in the sense that an adult and child reading together would find easy conversation in its pages. Over two dozen flora and fauna appear in the book, each identified by name on the back page, creating a search-and-find opportunity.

The reader is meant to discover all the gifts that Little Pine shares with the various creatures that make up his forest family. These include: the gift of food, shelter (from the elements), protection (from predators), and habitat.

Beyond what the art provides, the story contains timeless messages of self, messages that may resonate particularly with the reader who feels somehow different from those around him or her. 






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