Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews
A Forest Of Stories: Magical Tree Tales from Around the World
Illustrator: Helen Cann
Picture Book
For ages 8 to 10
Barefoot Books, 2005 ISBN: 978-1841488820
For thousands of years we humans have used trees in all kinds of ways. We have eaten their fruit, cut them down for their wood, used their bark and their seeds for medicine, we have rested in their shade, and they have made our gardens and parks places of beauty. And in return we have given them nothing. Today many species of trees are endangered or threatened with extinction and forests in many parts of the world are being destroyed at a frightening rate with no thought for the future. Perhaps it is time to pause and to give thanks to the trees that have made our lives more meaningful and our world a better place.
In this book you will find seven stories from around the world about seven different kinds of trees. In each story a tree has a lesson to teach or a message to give. In each story there is a little magic in the air. By the end of the book the reader will be left with the feeling that they have been taken on a special journey that has shown them that trees are valued in the folktales of peoples all over the world. Surely we can go to the next step and care for the trees on our gardens, parks, woods and forests as well?
