Forest (An I Can Read Book) - Hardcover

Godwin, Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060266643 ISBN 13: 9780060266646

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1998

Synopsis

The strange sound coming from the forest leads Jeannie and her family to an abandoned baby deer and they must decide what to do to help the animal if its mother does not return.

About this title

About the Author:

Laura Godwin, author of Forest, has written several I Can Read Books under the pen name Nola Buck, including the popular Creepy Crawly Critters and Other Halloween Tongue Twisters and Santas Short Suit Shrunk and Other Christmas Tongue Twisters, both illustrated by Sue Truesdell. Ms. Godwin lives in New York City.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2AAn engaging easy reader about a young girl's encounter with an abandoned fawn. Jeannie, who lives on a farm in Canada, recounts the events of one exciting day. When she repeatedly hears a soft bleating coming from the forest beyond her family's fields, the child and her mother track the sound to a fawn who is alone in the underbrush. Readers learn, as Jeannie does, that it is not wise to approach or handle wildlife. As most young children would, the girl dreams of raising him, but her parents persuade her that it is best to take him to "a place where they care for wild animals." In the final chapter, Jeannie names the fawn Forest as a reminder of his first home. The simple story is told in an unaffected voice that allows readers to follow events without distraction. The countryside and woods are brought to life in rich green and brown hues by the illustrations that give many visual clues to the text. Nicely done and sure to appeal to animal-loving beginning readers.AMaura Bresnahan, Topsfield Town Library, MA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060266643
• ISBN 13: 9780060266646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Schuett Stancey, Schuett Stacey