B.C.'s top reads of the week for Aug. 12.

1. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries from a Secret World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books).
2. Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations — Richard Wagamese (Douglas & McIntyre). 
3. On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers — Pat Carney (TouchWood Editions).
4. Hello Humpback! — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing). 
5. Chilcotin