While the farm becomes a place of refuge for people from both sides of the conflict, leaving it to join the fighting almost destroys Uncle Marton. Instead, war and the damage it does to people and the land is her theme. It appeared in 1939, at the beginning of World War II, but Seredy did not write a patriotic story. She suffered physically and emotionally from the effects of nursing on the front during World War I, and she drew on her experience in several of her books, including the Singing Tree. Seredy was not afraid to tackle social issues in her books. However, Seredy’s display of political correctness somehow hurts the novel’s content". " The Singing Tree, like The Good Master, is a memorable tale for children to learn from by evoking powerful ideas of love and friendship through its text.
A review in the Fresno Literature Examiner is more qualified in its praise. More recently, children's literature expert Anita Silvey singled out the book's "strong and moving narrative". Story movingly told, skillfully interweaving incident and idea." In 1940 The Singing Tree was named a Newbery Honor book. It has all the charm in text and pictures of its predecessor, The Good Master, and more mature technique. Kirkus Reviews gave it a starred review for "books of remarkable merit", saying it "might well be a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Peace. Horn Book Magazine included it on its Fanfare list of the best books of 1939. The Singing Tree was well received when it came out.
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