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, this book explores the changing outside environment through 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 - This book comes highly recommended by teachers. It follows the story of a tree and all of the animals, birds and plants that rely on the tree.
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.
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 - Explains why pine trees are special.
Pine Trees by Marcia S. Freeman - One of a series of books that compares and contrasts trees from various regions and climates.
How Pine Trees Grow by Joanne Mattern - The simple diagrams and descriptions in this book help the reader to grasp the concept 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 science learning fun. The quirky question and answer format is highly appealing to children and the facts are relevant and accurate.
Forests and Woodlands by Nick Baker - Shows you how to grow your own plants, how to age and measure trees and how to collect seeds and grow your own trees.
Agroforestry by Catriona Nicholls for the Kondinin Group’s Workboot Series
TIMBER by Catriona Nicholls for the Kondinin Group’s Workboot Series
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