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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1987 · Est. 3 min read-aloud
Where the Forest Meets the Sea
Written & illustrated by Jeannie Baker
A boy explores an ancient rainforest, questioning its future amidst looming threats.
4.3/5 Goodreads · 1,625 ratings
32 pages· 360 words· Est. 3 min read-aloud
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Bookroo's summary
In a lush rainforest, a young boy imagines a time when rare animals roamed and aboriginal children played. As he wanders among ancient trees, he wonders how long this primeval wilderness will survive against encroaching threats. With vivid collage illustrations, this journey through time raises urgent questions about the forest's future and the impact of civilization.
From the publisher
Beautiful collage illustrations take the reader on an extraordinary visual journey to a primeval wilderness, which like so many others is now threatened.”My father says there has been a forest here for over a hundred million years,” Jeannie Baker’s young protagonist tells us, and we follow him on a visit to this tropical rain forest.We walk with him among the ancient trees as he pretends it is a time long ago, when animals that are now extinct or rare lived in the forest and aboriginal children played there. But for how much longer will the forest still be there, he wonders?Don’t miss this “exquisitely wrought work with a simple, profound message” (Publishers Weekly).
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Words
- 360
- Reading age
- 4–8
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD530L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 3
- F&P level
- ~N
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 35986
Publication
- Published
- May 16, 1988
- First published
- January 1, 1987
- Publisher
- Greenwillow Books
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
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