Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. We climbed into the NPR archives to find some of our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction, and kids' lit — get ready to branch out.

PDXFruitTreeTips—the advice text line opened by the Portland Fruit Tree Project (5431 NE 20th Ave., 503-284-6106, portlandfruit.org) on July 8—is one such idea born from this necessity.