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The Willowbee Tree

The Rarest Fruit

Clancy loves fruit — all kinds of fruit. What he wants more than anything is to taste rare fruits he has never tasted before. When the willow tree takes the children to Assam India, Clancy encounters something particularly special — the very first lemon tree.
21 MINUTES

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In our modern times, we take citrus fruit for granted, but not so long ago lemons and limes and oranges were actually rare and expensive. Even my own mother likes to tell how she used to get an orange in the toe of her stocking each Christmas morning and it was considered a real treat.
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The Willowbee Tree

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The Willowbee Tree

Introduction Part One: The Lion’s Eye

Clancy discovers a magical willow tree in his new back yard that transports him to a magical land with talking animals and lots…

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29 MINUTES
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The Willowbee Tree

Introduction Part Two: Running As One

Piper learns how to deal with the frustration of not coming in first when the magical willow tree introduces her to a King…

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28 MINUTES
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The Willowbee Tree

Introduction Part Three: Throwing Stones

Brothers Clancy and Ty are hot and crabby, so crabby they feel like throwing things. Then the willow tree introduces them to to…

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28 MINUTES
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