Where the Forest Meets the Sea

Author: Jeannie Baker Series: Big Books

Winner of the Friends of the Earth Earthworm Award and Australian Children's Picture Book of the Year.

A young boy visits a tropical rainforest in Queensland, Australia. "My father says there has been a forest here for over a million years," he tells us, and we follow him through the ancient forest as he makes believe it is a time long ago. But how much longer will the forest remain, he wonders?

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Summary

Winner of the Friends of the Earth Earthworm Award and Australian Children's Picture Book of the Year.

Description

When a young boy visits a tropical rain forest, he pretends it is a long time ago and that extinct and rare animals live in the forest, and aboriginal children play there. But how much longer will the rainforest remain, he wonders?

Awards

Winner of Earthworm Book Award 1988

Critic Reviews

Each time the reader opens the book, there is something new and delightful to catch the eye. New Scientist
Every detail... is made up in relief collage from clay, papers, fabrics, leaves and much else, creating a dimesion that really fires the imagination. The Good Book Guide

About the Author

A collage artist, picture book author and film maker whose work often has a strong environmental focus. A collage artist, picture book author and film maker whose work often has a strong environmental focus.