Forest of Dreams - Hardcover

Wells, Rosemary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803705697 ISBN 13: 9780803705692

Publisher: Dial, 1988

Synopsis

A child praises God for the beauty of nature.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3 ``God made me new/ Just like the spring that waits beneath the snow./ God made me small/ Just like the fawn that sleeps inside the doe,'' begins this paean to life. Apple trees seen white with snow in the opening endpapers have turned white with blooms by the close. In between, nine glorious double-page paintings illustrate the promise of spring and new beginnings as expressed in rhyme by a small girl who is pictured with animals in idealized scenes, realistic in style. She faces an equally bright-eyed owl on a snowy evening, along with a wolf, an ermine, and a rabbit; and is eventually seen tearing off her jacket and hurling herself into a bare-bellied, bare-footed handstand in a field of flowers, butterflies, and other animalsa visual collage of joyous new life. Both Wells and Jeffers have produced a beautiful book whose strength and simplicity keep it from sentimentality. Whether used to stimulate awareness and reflect wonderas with Marcia Brown's creative trio (Listen to a Shape, etc. all Watts, 1979)or as a devotional, the peaceful, exuberant mood it evokes is refreshing. Ruth M. McConnell, San Antonio Public Library
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

An adventurous girl celebrates the transition from winter to spring: "God gave me eyes / To see the woods and all who live within it." Chickadees and cardinals, deer, rabbits and a snowy owl are all part of the winter landscape. A flock of geese flies over a frozen salt marsh while the girl pauses to listen. With the passing of time spring showers bring a profusion of wild flowers to the grassy meadow and a fieldmouse, painted turtle and frog are revealed among rock ledges. The exultant text offers thanks for the gift of life with phrases like "God made me new / Just like the spring that waits beneath the snow." Young naturalists will find much to discover as they explore the change of seasons in this eloquent, spiritually uplifting book by a gifted author-and-artist team. Ages 3-8.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dial
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0803705697
• ISBN 13: 9780803705692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 18
• Illustrator: Jeffers Susan