![]() Redwoods is a creative way to share a lot of scientific and natural information with readers – I learned a few things about canopy creatures and reiterated trunks. I swear the last page is a section of Muir woods that I visited in 2017 and which is still fondly in my memory. If you’ve ever seen the redwoods in person, you too will instantly travel there. ![]() A young girl finds it, we turn the page, and her back into the forest. ![]() Redwoods ends with the boy back in the city, late for something, and forgetting his book on a bench. I especially enjoyed the pages with framed illustrations depicting a change in action as the boy is exploring the canopy. Showing the boy in each page allows the reader to see just how big and majestic these trees are. ![]() In the book, a boy is reading about redwoods, and finds himself pulled into a redwood forest – from the subway to the heart of the woods with just a page turn. Chin presents ‘all about redwood trees’ in a creative way that I think can pull in both ready and reluctant readers. I stumbled upon Jason Chin’s book Redwoods (Neal Porter, 2009) during my random library browsing this week (my favorite way to stumble upon a new book). ![]()
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