An Elm Tree and Three Sisters

Growing up on a farm in the midwest, Mary, Mabel, and Molly can see all the way to the flat horizon in every direction. "This place needs a tree", they decide. They find an small elm sapling, bring it home, and plant it. As the sisters grow up and grow old, the tree grows with them. Finally the tree becomes diseased and must be cut down, but three new sisters (great granddaughters of the first three) are there to plant a new tree, and the cycle can begin again. Written by Norma Sommerdorf, and illustrated by Erika Weihs, this book aptly illustrates the cycle of life.