Girl Reading To Birds - Books & Readers Greeting CardINSIDE GREETING: I meant to do my work today, but a brown bird sang in the apple tree, and a butterfly flitted across the field, and all the leaves were calling me. In an apple tree, a girl reads a book to a rapt audience of birds. This charming scene is from an old children's book by Molly Benatar, a 20th century English illustrator. Little is known about her life beyond the work she left behind, so we're delighted to keep her legacy alive through