Title: Redwoods
Author: Jason Chin
Illustrator: Jason Chin
Publisher: Flash Point; March 17, 2009
Suitable for: 4 and up
Topics: Nature, Forest, Redwoods
Opening: The coast redwoods are among the oldest trees in
the world. Their ancestors lived about 165 million years ago, during the
Jurassic period.
Book Summary: When a boy riding the subway finds an
abandoned book about redwoods, strange things happen. An ordinary train ride
becomes an extraordinary trip to the great and ancient redwood forest.
Links to resources:
Lesson Plan and Activities (suitable for 4th
graders and up)
Redwood National Park coloring page.
Redwood EdVenture has many websites that teachers and
parents can use ranging from kindergarten - high school
Into the Redwood Forest (lesson plans suitable for 3rd-5th
grade levels):
Why I like this book:
I was really impressed with this book. Non-fiction at its
best! It is filled with amazing facts about redwoods. But what makes this truly
a fun book to read, are its illustrations. The illustrations show a boy who
goes on a fantastic journey, his world transforming in front of him as he reads
about the redwoods. For example when he reads that some redwoods started from
seeds during the roman times, he finds two Roman citizens are sitting next to
him. When he reads that the trunk of some redwoods are wide enough to let a car
through it, he jumps out of the way of a car passing by. When he learns that
redwoods can make their own rain, he stands in the middle of an artificial
rainfall. This book is the next best thing to being in the redwood forest in
person!
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