"Everything is in everything," said the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras. That’s why talking about trees is also talking about people — and talking about people is talking about trees. Trees, those seemingly silent and immobile beings, form many relationships without which they would not survive — and neither would we.

They also support birds and mushrooms and, through them, stretch out across kilometres in ways that are hard to imagine. When it comes to this trio — trees, birds, and mushrooms — there’s so much we can talk about… And by the way: if everything is in everything, where does the toy piano come in?

This is how the performance Pássaros & Cogumelos ("Birds & Mushrooms") begins — written and performed by pianist Joana Gama — which inspired the creation of this book.

Illustrated by Estúdio Lavandaria, it also includes several pieces for toy piano by composer João Godinho, accessible via QR code.