
The Forest That Grows Around Me
Charlotte Guillain(Author)
Words & Pictures (Publisher)
Published on 28. August 2025
Book
Hardback
20 pages
978-1-83600-082-2 (ISBN)
Description
This richly illustrated concertina book takes the reader from below the forest floor, through shrubs, branches and leaves into the emergent layer, following a forest ecosystem from the base of a tree to its very top. Exploring a rainforest on one side of the concertina, and a temperate forest on the other side, The Forest That Grows Around Me celebrates the importance of forest ecosystems around the world.
A follow-up to The Street Beneath My Feet, The Skies Above My Eyes and The Sea Below My Toes, this visually stunning book explores the plants and animals that live at every layer of the forest in both tropical and temperate climates, from the fungal networks and burrows deep below the soil, to shrubs, bugs and mammals living on the forest floor, to the lizards, vines and beetles that call the trunk and branches home, all the way up to the birds that soar above the tree tops.
For example, on your journey, you will meet:
Squirrels and chipmunks
Black bears and bats
Armadillos and sloths
Green anacondas and hummingbirds
Jaguars and spider monkeys
With a primary focus on the conservation of these important ecosystems The Forest That Grounds Around Me explores how these forest environments survive and thrive, and what we need to do to protect them. The beauty and variety of forest life are brought to life by Vuon Illustration's rich illustrations.
This book is part of the Look Closer series, a set of concertina books that help teach us about the mysteries and wonders that are found in the world around us.
A follow-up to The Street Beneath My Feet, The Skies Above My Eyes and The Sea Below My Toes, this visually stunning book explores the plants and animals that live at every layer of the forest in both tropical and temperate climates, from the fungal networks and burrows deep below the soil, to shrubs, bugs and mammals living on the forest floor, to the lizards, vines and beetles that call the trunk and branches home, all the way up to the birds that soar above the tree tops.
For example, on your journey, you will meet:
Squirrels and chipmunks
Black bears and bats
Armadillos and sloths
Green anacondas and hummingbirds
Jaguars and spider monkeys
With a primary focus on the conservation of these important ecosystems The Forest That Grounds Around Me explores how these forest environments survive and thrive, and what we need to do to protect them. The beauty and variety of forest life are brought to life by Vuon Illustration's rich illustrations.
This book is part of the Look Closer series, a set of concertina books that help teach us about the mysteries and wonders that are found in the world around us.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 to 7 years
Dimensions
Height: 328 mm
Width: 255 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
696 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83600-082-2 (9781836000822)
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Persons
Charlotte Guillain lives in Oxfordshire, UK. She writes fiction and non-fiction for children, including the picture book Spaghetti with the Yeti, which was shortlisted for Oscar's First Book Prize 2014 and has featured in CBeebies Bedtime Stories.Vuon Illustration are a team of two Illustrators based in Saigon, Vietnam. They began their professional career by illustrating picture books and cover art for many local publishers. From 2018, they began illustrating children's books with several publishers in China, Malaysia and Korea. Vuon means garden in Vietnamese.