In addition to being Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday is Tu Bishvat*! The holiday, whose name just means “the fifteenth day of the month of Shvat,” is a Jewish holiday considered the New Year of the Trees. 

It’s a day to celebrate all things tree-related. Need a book recommendation? How about a whole forest of them? As others have noted, tree books have been springing up all over. 

Celebrating trees means eating fruit, of course (and no reason not to branch out into fruits that grow on bushes). I may just have to celebrate by baking something with blueberries, in preparation for another upcoming annual tradition: Newberys and blueberries!

*Big thanks to the text thread of fellow Jewish language nerds who responded to my “Tu B’Shvat? Tu B’Shevat? Tu Beesh…What?” queries with more answers than it was possible to include. And you thought Chanukkah was Chomplicated.