ned hayes at boston harbor school

Ned Hayesauthor of

THE EAGLE TREE

WRITER

READING

REALLY READING

REALLY, REALLY READING

I like to write stories

I started writing like this

Sometimes I write like this…

Or like this…

This is still best for me…

I brought some notebooks here today…

While I’ve been writingover the years, I’ve donemany different OTHER jobs…

Journalist

Carpenter

Teacher

Working for software companies…

My books started being published!

What would my next book be?

I started walking in the woods…

I started walking in the woods…

I remembered when I was teaching…

One boy loved trees…

He was autistic…

Autism…

Autism

SpectrumDisorder

Every good story starts with…

WHAT IF?

EXAMPLES of BOOKS…

WHAT IF he liked trees?

That meant I would have to learn about trees…

There are so many different kinds of trees…

WesternHemlock

Oak

Gingko

Cypress

BoxElder

Palm

Sassafras

Jacaranda

Mulberry

DouglasFir

PonderosaPine

What if you saw this tree?

You’d want to climb it… !

Ponderosa Pine

PhotoSynthesis

CarbonCycle

Air

Sunlight