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Children's Nonfiction Trees & Forests

Boreal Forest, The

A Year in the World’s Largest Land Biome

by (author) L.E. Carmichael

illustrated by Josée Bisaillon

Publisher
Kids Can Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2020
Category
Trees & Forests, General, Geography
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781525300448
    Publish Date
    Apr 2020
    List Price
    $19.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 8 to 12
  • Grade: 3 to 7
  • Reading age: 8 to 12

Description

Combining lyrical storytelling with expertly researched informational text, this beautiful book provides a year-long tour of the planet's largest land biome --- one of our most important wildernesses.

The vast boreal forest spans a dozen countries in the northern regions like “a scarf around the neck of the world,” making it the planet's largest land biome. Besides providing homes for a diversity of species, this spectacular forest is also vitally important to the planet: its trees clean our air, its wetlands clean our water and its existence plays an important role in slowing global climate change. In this beautifully written book, award-winning author L. E. Carmichael explores this special wilderness on a tour of the forest throughout the four seasons, from one country to another. Evocative watercolor and collage artwork by award-winning illustrator Josée Bisaillon provides a rare glimpse of one of the world's most magnificent places.

With excellent STEM applications in earth science and life science, this enjoyable book aims to foster environmental awareness of and appreciation for this crucial forest and its interconnections with the entire planet. In a unique approach, the text features a lyrical fictional narrative describing the wildlife in a specific part of the forest, paired with informational sidebars to provide further understanding and context. Also included are a world map of the forest, infographics on the water cycle and the carbon cycle, a glossary, resources for further reading, author's sources and an index. This book has been reviewed by experts and was written in consultation with Indigenous peoples who live in the boreal forest region.

About the authors

L. E. Carmichael is the author of more than twenty informational books for children, many of them about animals and the natural wonders of our planet. She is the winner of the Lane Anderson Award, which recognizes excellence in science writing for kids, and of the Governor General's Academic Medal for her PhD thesis about northern wolves and arctic foxes. She lives with her family in Trenton, Ontario.

L.E. Carmichael's profile page

Jos&eacutee Bisaillon a illustr&eacute plus de trente-cinq livres pour enfants et cr&eacute&eacute de nombreuses illustrations pour des magazines et des journaux. Elle a &eacutet&eacute finaliste au Prix litt&eacuteraire du Gouverneur g&eacuten&eacuteral &agrave deux reprises et a remport&eacute le prestigieux Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award pour The Snow Knows. Il s’agit du quatri&egraveme ouvrage de Jos&eacutee avec Orca, apr&egraves My Head in the Clouds et Bedtime 123 &eacutecrit par Eric Walters, un succ&egraves de librairie. Elle vit en banlieue de Montr&eacuteal avec sa famille.

Josée Bisaillon's profile page

Awards

  • Short-listed, Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Award, Ontario Library Association
  • Winner, Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2020, Chicago Public Library
  • Winner, Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2020, Chicago Public Library

Editorial Reviews

A fascinating introduction to the world's largest biome.

School Library Journal

An informative introduction to the boreal forest.

Booklist

... a good general overview of this important topic.

CM Magazine

Excellent for the natural history and science shelves.

Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Evocative ...

Publishers Weekly

... intriguing ...

Quill and Quire

... a timely and necessary celebration of the boreal forest in Canada and around the world.

Montreal Review of Books

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