![]() Chin adeptly captures the singular and spectacular nature of redwoods in this smartly layered book. The straightforward narrative is given enormous energy by the inventive format and realistic watercolor illustrations-their soft edges and muted hues suit the mist-shrouded giants. He reads it on his way home and imagines himself at the places the book. Emerging from the station to find himself in the middle of a redwood forest, his adventures mirror what he's learning-standing in a redwood-made rain shower and glimpsing the Statue of Liberty in the midst of the forest (the tallest redwood is six stories taller). A young boy finds a book about redwood trees sitting on the seat of the subway. He delves in, and facts about the ancient trees spring to life around him: as he reads in a subway car that “there are trees alive today that first sprouted during the Roman Empire,” he is flanked by two figures from that era, driving home the point. On a subway station bench (he's even on the cover). The framing story opens with a boy finding a copy of Red woods ![]() ) makes his authorial debut with a clever exploration of coast redwoods. Playing with the notion of just how immersive a book can be, illustrator Chin ( The Day the World Exploded ![]()
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