Grandad's Prayers Of The Earth

Title: Grandad's Prayers Of The Earth
Author: Douglas Wood
Illustrator: P.J. Lynch
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763646752

From the publisher: Grandad is the boy’s best friend. Being with him always makes the world seem right. And how vast that world is: a world of tall trees that reach for the clouds and sun and moon and stars - and what else is reaching for heaven but a prayer? Each time he and Grandad walk in the woods, the boy listens for the prayers of the earth. And finally the boy asks: "Are our prayers answered?" One day, long after Grandad is gone, long after the boy is grown, he understands Grandad’s reply: "If we listen very closely, a prayer is often its own answer."