By Sally Nicholls (author) , Carolina Rabei (illustrator)
"A gentle and elegant story to help children explore the multi-faceted ecosystem that sustains the many forests that cover so much of the earth’s surface"
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A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month October 2020
Have you ever wondered how a forest gets started? With huge trees growing up close and dense undergrowth covering the ground, their scale is so mighty that it is hard to think that they could ever have been small. Are they man made? Did an enormous giant or a massive business enterprise put them there?
In a gentle and elegant story matched by simple, evocative illustrations Who Makes a Forest? helps children explore the multi-faceted ecosystem that sustains the many forests that cover so much of the earth’s surface. From the soil, made from the decay left by tiny clinging plants such as lichen and the insects that feed on them, through the first flowers that grow in that soil and the butterflies and bees and birds that feed off them to the massive trees and shrubs that we see today all stages of forest growth are covered. The book ends with 5 pages of useful facts about forests.
Find out how a forest is made in this beautiful picture book written by Waterstones award-winning Sally Nicholls and illustrated by rising star Carolina Rabei.
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Who makes a forest? A wizard, a giant, an emperor? Come on a walk with Grandpa to discover how a forest is made, and see how a thousand tiny things can come together to change the face of the earth...
Poetically written by award-winning Sally Nicholls and beautifully illustrated by Carolina Rabei, this gorgeous book features a non-fiction section about the different types of forests around the world, their importance to our ecosystem and the impact of deforestation on our planet.
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A lyrically written non-fiction text, with extra facts at the back - The Bookseller
Written in a lyrical style with rhetorical questions to prompt dialogue ... likely to stimulate further enquiry - Books for Keeps
I honestly learned a lot from this book - The School Librarian
Sally Nicholls is a highly acclaimed writer for children, best known for her sensitive portrayal of difficult subjects for a younger age group. Her books have been translated into over 20 languages and her YA novel about the suffrage movement, Things a Bright Girl Can Do was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
Sally grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, and after school, travelled the world, working for a period at a Red Cross hospital in Japan. Sally's first novel, Ways to Live Forever , won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and she has been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Costa Children's Book Award, and the Carnegie Medal, twice.
She lives in Liverpool with her husband and two sons.
Photo credit Joe Ratzer
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Find out how a forest is made in this beautiful picture book written by Waterstones award-winning Sally Nicholls and illustrated by rising star Carolina Rabei. Who makes a forest?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Who Makes a Forest? and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-8 years old
Who Makes a Forest? features in the following genres: Ecological and Environmental Interest - Non Fiction, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Gardening, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Practical interests, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Reference Works, The Natural World, Featured Books for 5+ readers
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Who Makes a Forest? was written by Sally Nicholls and published by Andersen Press Ltd
Who Makes a Forest? has 32 pages
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