What Forest Knows
with audio recording
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Stunning illustrations and poetic text fill the pages of this enchanting picture book that celebrates nature and its evocative, peaceful beauty.
The forest sees every season, from the first snowflake to the blossoming flower buds. The forest sees the ever-moving life in nature and the beauty it emanates. With lyrical language and rich and textured illustrations, What Forest Knows takes you on a hike through the trees, beyond the meadows, between the deer and foxes, and into the heart of the outdoors.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This meditation on the natural world as a unified whole is distinguished by Lyon's (Planes Fly!) graceful verse. Hall (Keeper) brings it to life with a wandering child and a big, bounding dog. In every spread, hints of the dog can be found, its tail or back legs disappearing down a new trail. Lyon's images of winter are telegraphic: "icy branches/ frozen waterfall." When spring comes, "soft life pushing through/ hard wood," the dog disappears behind a tree. Scumbling and combing bring textures to the fore. Spring mist is followed by summer richness ("Forest knows growing,/ going forth") and then by deepening fall ("Forest knows/ gathering in,/ letting go"). "Forest knows/ everything belongs," concludes Lyon, as Hall gives readers their first close-up of the dog it, too, is part of nature. "You, too," Lyon adds, as the child throws a snowball for the dog to chase. Lyon's words offer an antidote to the human-made, high-stimulation world, and a way for readers to understand that they belong, too. Ages 4 8.
