Ancient Ones: The World of the Old-Growth Douglas Fir - Softcover

Bash, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578050812 ISBN 13: 9781578050819

Publisher: Sierra Club Books For Children, 2002

Synopsis

Two titles from Barbara Bash's highly acclaimed "Tree Tales" series are available for the first time in paperback! In a brilliant combination of lyrical prose and glowing watercolors, each book documents the lifecycle of the world's great trees and reveals its importance to the many life forms that flourish beneath and within its welcoming branches.

In Ancient Ones,, Bash captures the ongoing drama not only of the Douglas fir but of the old-growth forest itself. The book "beautifully affirms the concept of a cycle of life," wrote Publishers Weekly in a starred review. "A wondrous walk trhough an old-growth forest," said School Library Journal, in another starred review. "Reading Ancient Ones is the next best thing to being there."

About this title

About the Authors

Barbara Bash, author-illustrator of six award-winning titles for Sierra Club Books for Children, has worked for many years as a calligrapher, illustrator, and teacher of book arts and botanical drawing. She lives in upstate New York.

Barbara Bash, author-illustrator of six award-winning titles for Sierra Club Books for Children, has worked for many years as a calligrapher, illustrator, and teacher of book arts and botanical drawing. She lives in upstate New York.

From the Back Cover

"A wonderous walk through an old-growth forest. . . . Reading Ancient Ones is truly the next best thing to being there."

--School Library Journal, starred review, Best Book

"Beautifully affirms the concept of a cycle of life."

--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Bash's lush paintings . . . capture flora and fauna with reverence."

--Boolist

"A beautiful and informative book that makes a wonderfully effective ples for this magnificent habitat."

--Kirkus Reviews

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Walking into an old-growth forest, you enter a strangely silent world. The eart feels moist and springy underfoot, and the air is thick with the fragrance of decomposing needles. Lichen-covered logs crisscross the forest floor, and moss clings to the towering trunks. At first, it all seems to quiet and still. But after a while, you start to relax--and begin to really look and listen.

High overhead, in the canopy of branches, a bird warbles softly. Out of the corner of your eye, you see a seed (or is is a pine needle?) drift lazily to the cushioned floor. This is the world of the Ancient Ones--silent, enormous, and full of secrets.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sierra Club Books For Children
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1578050812
• ISBN 13: 9781578050819
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bash Barbara