Children's Nonfiction Trees & Forests
Boreal Forest, The
A Year in the World’s Largest Land Biome
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2020
- Category
- Trees & Forests, General, Geography
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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
Josée Bisaillon a illustré plus de trente-cinq livres pour enfants et créé de nombreuses illustrations pour des magazines et des journaux. Elle a été finaliste au Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général à deux reprises et a remporté le prestigieux Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award pour The Snow Knows. Il s’agit du quatrième ouvrage de Josée avec Orca, après My Head in the Clouds et Bedtime 123 écrit par Eric Walters, un succès de librairie. Elle vit en banlieue de Montréal avec sa famille.
Awards
- Short-listed, Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Award, Ontario Library Association
- Short-listed, Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Award, Ontario Library Association
- 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
... intriguing ...
Quill and Quire
Evocative ...
Publishers Weekly
... a good general overview of this important topic.
CM Magazine
An informative introduction to the boreal forest.
Booklist
... a timely and necessary celebration of the boreal forest in Canada and around the world.
Montreal Review of Books
Excellent for the natural history and science shelves.
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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