Book list
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Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker - Collages by an award-winning artist illustrate how a rainforest might once have been.
Window by Jeannie Baker - A picture book with no text explores the changing environment outside a window in a boy’s bedroom as he grows up.
Lord of the Forest by Caroline Pitcher - Follows the adventures of a young tiger on a search for the Lord of the Forest, meeting various forest inhabitants along the way.
Maze Craze – Magical Forest Mazes by Don-Oliver Matthies - Includes 20 pages of mazes through forest scenes and habitats. Good for early finishers.
Kangaroo Island: A Story of an Australian Mallee Forest by Deirdre Langeland - This book has a pictorial glossary that will prove most helpful in the classroom. It also has a fold-out poster of the mallee habitat and a read-along cassette with professional narration and forest sound effects.
The Tree in the Ancient Forest by Carol Reed - Highly recommended by teachers. Follows the story of a tree and all the animals, birds and plants that rely on it.
One Small Square: Tropical Rainforest by Donald M. Silver - Introduces young students to rainforest features and creatures.
Stella – Fairy of the Forest by Marie-Louise Gay - Stella spends the day in the forest and her curious brothers ask countless questions. The answers they hear introduce a range of facts for the young reader.
If I Ran the Rainforest by Bonnie Worth - ‘The Cat in the Hat’ takes two children for an ‘umbrella-vator’ ride through a tropical rain forest, meeting plants, animals and native peoples as they go.
Mythic Woods: The World’s Most Remarkable Forests by Jonathan Roberts - Amazing full-colour photographs of fifteen forests from around the world - from the famous Sherwood Forest to the tallest trees in Tasmania. Helps students of all ages to develop an appreciation of the diversity and value of forests around the world.
The Lorax by Dr Seuss - Introduces the importance of caring for the environment, and in particular forests and trees, in a humorous way. (Also available on DVD)
City Green by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan - A young girl transforms a vacant lot into a beautiful community garden.
Deep in a Rainforest by Gwen Pascoe - Imaginatively explores colours through a highly interactive journey into the rainforest. Animals, insects, plants, flowers, mushrooms, fruit and foliage are woven into and hidden within exquisite illustrations.
Australian Rainforest Animals and Australian Bird Life by Pat Slater and Steve Parish - Features outstanding full-colour photographs by well-known photographer Steve Parish and provides a great visual addition to your resource collection on these topics.
Pine Trees by Allan Fowler - A useful reference book for this age group.
How Pine Trees Grow by Joanne Mattern - Simple diagrams and descriptions allow the reader to appreciate the transformation of seed to tree.
I Wonder Why Pine Trees Have Needles and Other Questions About Forests by Jackie Caff - A recently-published book that makes learning about science fun. The quirky question and answer format is highly appealing to students and the facts are relevant and accurate.
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- Page Last Modified: November 15, 2011