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Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Raymond and his pup Rosie are abandoned by his family, he uses his wilderness skills to survive in the woods, but as winter comes, he realizes his wits are not enough, and that perhaps it is time he starts trusting others with his secret.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A tree's life story is told from its beginnings as a seed to its survival in the wilderness until it finally falls, but continues its life as a log, an animal habitat, and finally decomposes to provide nutrition for future trees.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Can you hug a forest? Of course you can. First you hug the air: open your arms, lift up your chin, and breathe in all the way down to your toes. Then you hug a leaf and a flower and a trail and a stream and all the other wondrous natural elements that make up a forest. Take every chance to soak in your natural surroundings and be grateful for nature"--
Author
Publisher
Otter-Barry Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"One day Orangutan heard a faint noise. Hardly a noise at all, just a distant droning. Then there was a crash! Smoke seeped through the canopy. Orangutan and her family live in a vast emerald forest, bursting with life. She teaches her babies what food to eat, how to swing through trees, how to build a sleeping nest. Life is good, until one day a monstrous machine tears Orangutan's tree from the ground. The family have to leave the emerald forest...
5) The fire fox
Author
Publisher
Two Hoots
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Freya and her mum have gone to a little cabin to get away for a while. The light has gone out of their lives since Freya's dad passed away. Freya isn't sure about going sledging, but when she meets a magical fox in the snow, she can't help but follow him into the forest--and on to a thrilling adventure"--
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Mother Pin Oak wakes to crisp, spring air and cannot seem to stir her Little Pin Oak growing beside her, she seeks help from other members of her forest community. A vole digs tunnels in the soil, enabling nutrients to reach Little Pin’s roots; a melted spring provides the sapling with a refreshing drink; fungi pass on nourishment through their underground network. Little by little their forest family gives as much as it can and then, they...
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books / Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When her dog Peppermint wanders off, this little girl isn’t too worried; they both know their way around the woods. On her way to find Peppermint, she regales us with stories and information about the area, from encounters with spiny porcupines and protective mother coyotes all the way back to the mile-thick glaciers that shaped the landscape. Parts of the story are highlighted with art-within-art glimpses of the girl’s journal, where she’s...
9) Eco girl
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Emulating her favorite baobab trees, Eve contributes to the beauty of the forest by nurturing her very own baobab seedling, becoming an environmental steward to express her love for all things leafy and green."--
10) The fox's tower
Author
Series
Wolfstongue volume 2
Publisher
Little Island Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Willow witnesses her animal-loving father, Silas, get kidnapped by a group of foxes and a huge wolf-like creature, she pursues them into the woods. There she meets wolves who tell her they know her father. Together they boldly enter the enormous tower the foxes have built deep in the forest. In the tower Willow discovers the dark project of the chief fox, Reynard, to create new life forms from magical clay buried in the Deep Forest where few...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Baby Bear loves playing in the leaves in the autumn, but after his winter hibernation the piles of leaves are gone, and his mother explains that the forest needs time to do the work of decomposition--but the piles of leaves will return when autumn comes again. Includes author's note on ecology and the importance of leaf decomposition.
12) Broken web
Author
Series
Shamanborn volume 2
Publisher
Page Street YA/Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"The Soulless is free from his centuries-long imprisonment. Now, he lurks in the Dead Wood recovering his strength, while Sirscha and her allies journey east to the shaman empire of Nuvalyn. Everyone believes she is a soulguide--a savior--but Sirscha knows the truth. She's a monster, a soulrender like the Soulless, and if anyone discovers the truth, she'll be executed. But there's nothing Sirscha won't risk to stop the shaman responsible for the rot...
Author
Series
Forest Grimm volume 1
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Midnight Forest. The Fanged Creature. Two fortune-telling cards that spell an untimely death for 17-year-old Clara. Despite the ever-present warning from her fortune-teller grandmother, Clara embarks on a dangerous journey into the deadly Forest Grimm to procure a magical book―Sortes Fortunae, the Book of Fortunes―with the power to reverse the curse on her village and save her mother. Years ago, when the villagers whispered their deepest...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Once there was a bear who lived in the forest and did all the regular bear things. But as the world and the forest around him changes, he finds that it's becoming more and more difficult to be a bear. So he decides that the sensible thing to do would be to learn how to be human. After all, humans don't seem to be having any trouble in the changing world. With a little girl as his teacher, the bear learns all the important human stuff and heads off...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows Fall Hollow is haunted. It has been ever since Abigail Snook went into the woods many years ago, never to be seen again. Since then, it's tradition for the sixth graders at Beckett Elementary to play the Bellwoods Game on Halloween night. Three kids are chosen to go into the woods. Whoever rings the bell there wins the game and saves the town for another year, but if Abigail's ghost captures the players first, the spirit is let loose...
18) Little Owl's day
Author
Publisher
Viking, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Little Owl explores the forest at daytime after being woken up by a noisy squirrel.
19) Calling of light
Author
Series
Shamanborn volume 3
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Queen Meilyr is dead, and a tenuous peace has settled over Evewyn. King Meilek's acension has ended his sister's oppression of the shamanborn, marking a new start for the country where Sirscha, once a prisoner, has been elevated to a position as the King's Shadow. Yet, beneath the surface, tensions between shamanborn and other citizens remain high. Conflicts rage at Evewyn's borders. The Soulless still lurks in the darkness. And while some might call...
Author
Series
Grimmworld volume 1
Publisher
Shadow Mountain Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Twins Willow and Jake Grimm are not prepared for the bizarre gadgets and scary changes in their new home of New Marburg, the location of the top-secret Think Tank where their parents now have jobs as scientists. In this town, people jetpack to work, robots direct traffic, and senior citizens duel with laser swords. Yet nothing compares to what happens the day after lightning strikes the twins’ house. Their school building transforms around them,...
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