June 2, 2015

Books are growing into trees in Argentina

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Do you ever think about all the trees it takes to make the books you read?

Pequeño Editor, a children’s book publisher in Argentina, certainly has and they have created a book that is meant to be planted to grow into a tree after reading it—“a book that returns to nature what it took from it.”

The book is made from acid-free paper that has seeds mixed in ad printed with biodegradeable ink. The seeds are the Jacaranda flowering tree, which is found in Central and South America.

Claire Kelley is the Director of Library and Academic Marketing at Melville House.

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