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My Forest is Green
CCBC Review:
An urban-dwelling, Asian child looks out a high window at a large, forested park. “This is my forest.” The child, who clearly loves making art, has also created a “forest” of nature-inspired drawings. “Well, actually … this is my forest.” These two opening page spreads lead into a series of observational statements, often expressing opposites, as the child explores and describes the park and creates artwork inspired by these explorations. “My forest,” the child notes, is tall (trees) and short (ants), wide and narrow (different sized tree trunks), heavy and light (large rocks and small stones), crispy (fall leaves) and soft (moss and lichens), and so on. The fairly simple declarative statements have terrific, sometimes surprising descriptions (“tiptoe gray … patient white … carefree red”) in a story set against equally vivid mixed-media illustrations.
Illustrated by Ashley Barron
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-8
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Art and Artists
Asian Americans
City Life
Nature/Environment
Observation
Opposites
Diversity subject:
Asian
Publisher:
Kids Can
Publish Year: 2019
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781771389303
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Lebeuf