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Sunday, February 22, 2015

What Forest Knows: PB #9 for 14:14 Review

Title: What Forest Knows
Author: George Ella Lyon
Illustrator: August Hall
Publisher:  Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Year: 2014
Word Count: about 200
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Summary


Forest sees every season, from the first snowflake to the blossoming flower buds. 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.

Story Element: Pacing


Spread 1: (Introduction)
A dog's fresh footprints - FOREST knows snow

Spread 2: (Pacing - quick)
Dog sitting on an icy surface, looks down at frozen fish.
icy branches
frozen waterfall

Spread 3: (Pacing - peaceful phrases)
squirrels asleep in hollows
insects burrowed in bark
moles resting among roots
Forest knows waiting, 
holding on.

Spread 4: (Pacing – anticipation)

Forest knows buds
soft life pushing through
hardwood,

Spread 5: (Pacing gives musical flow)
a haze
of yellow-green, purple, pink
above cascading creeks.

Warblers, woodpeckers, bluebirds
sing spring songs,
weave nests.

Forest continues through the seasons.
Forest knows everything belongs. 
All the animals, nature and a dog that scampers through Forest.
Even the reader –
YOU, too.

(Post #9 for the 14:14 Picture Book Blog Review Challenge created by Christie Wild of Write Wild. http://christiewrightwild.blogspot.com)

10 comments:

  1. What a beautiful, lyrical treatment of the seasons and the importance of nature. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. How poetic! It sounds like it really captures the peaceful yet alive feeling of being in the forest.

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  3. This sound gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Manju, this is a lovely book, and does carry the reader through the paces of a 'hike' through the woods. Thanks for sharing it.

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  5. The dog helps carry the reader through as well.

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