The Goose and the Tree is a wonderful children's story about a tree who feels so sad and alone that she is colorless. She is one of the last trees left in the field, and even though the world around her is filled with life and the colors of the rainbow, the tree's depression doesn't allow her to enjoy the beauty. One day a goose happens upon the lonely tree and describes to her all the birds and animals that depend on her. If the tree would just take a really good look around, she would see that in friendship there is happiness. As the tree experiences Friendship & Inspiration for the first time, her leaves burst into brilliant colors because she is finally being herself.

A teacher, counselor and artist, Hope Reilly lives in a 1912 farmhouse in Lakewood, Colorado, with her three children and husband of 18 years. She shares her art studio, which is located in the barn, with her Connemara and Paint ponies. She is working on her next book My Teacher's an Astronaut. Do You Know Why? about a student inspired by his teacher.