Description
Description
From the incomparable Jon Klassen, one in a trio of companion board books for the youngest of children This is your sun.
It is coming up for you.
These are your trees.
They can go over by the sun. With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, a forest and all its items--a cabin, some rocks, a (nice) forest ghost, a stream, a bridge--are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is a forest for a young child to have whenever they want to go there. One of a trio of board books focusing on safe spaces, comfort, and imagination, Your Forest signals both a departure for Jon Klassen and a story whose peculiar touches of whimsy stamp the book as iconically his.
It is coming up for you.
These are your trees.
They can go over by the sun. With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, a forest and all its items--a cabin, some rocks, a (nice) forest ghost, a stream, a bridge--are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is a forest for a young child to have whenever they want to go there. One of a trio of board books focusing on safe spaces, comfort, and imagination, Your Forest signals both a departure for Jon Klassen and a story whose peculiar touches of whimsy stamp the book as iconically his.
About the Author
About the Author
Jon Klassen is the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling I Want My Hat Back, which won a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, and its companions This Is Not My Hat, which won a Caldecott Medal and a Kate Greenaway Medal, and We Found a Hat, named a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year. He is also the author and illustrator of The Rock from the Sky and The Skull, and the illustrator of Extra Yarn, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Triangle, Square, and Circle, all by Mac Barnett. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Lulling rhythms, interactive language, and repeating words soothe and amuse, giving readers a place to envision themselves and return to whenever they like.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) Klassen has crafted three unassuming master classes in picture-book making for the youngest listeners/viewers.
--The Horn Book (starred review) For 2- to 5-year-olds, where in simple, rhythmic words, Klassen chronicles a given setting and items you find there over the course of a day.
--The Strategist Klassen's inimitable blend of cozy and curious is on flagrant display in this tale of personalized forest management. . . Pure unmitigated sleepy-time pleasure.
--Kirkus Reviews
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) Klassen has crafted three unassuming master classes in picture-book making for the youngest listeners/viewers.
--The Horn Book (starred review) For 2- to 5-year-olds, where in simple, rhythmic words, Klassen chronicles a given setting and items you find there over the course of a day.
--The Strategist Klassen's inimitable blend of cozy and curious is on flagrant display in this tale of personalized forest management. . . Pure unmitigated sleepy-time pleasure.
--Kirkus Reviews
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Candlewick Press (MA)
Pub date:
2025-02-04
Length:
24 pages
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