A Review
Title: The Tin Forest
Author: Helen Ward
Illustrator: Wayne Anderson
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Date: 2001
Highly recommended for ages: 4 and up
This is one of the most beautifully illustrated books I have seen in years. The story is about an old man who lives amidst a wasteland of garbage. He is lonely and miserable until one day he decides to try to create a tropical forest out of the garbage. He succeeds, and eventually attracts real animals and plants into the tin forest, transforming his once bleak world into a paradise.
Title: The Tin Forest
Author: Helen Ward
Illustrator: Wayne Anderson
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Date: 2001
Highly recommended for ages: 4 and up
This is one of the most beautifully illustrated books I have seen in years. The story is about an old man who lives amidst a wasteland of garbage. He is lonely and miserable until one day he decides to try to create a tropical forest out of the garbage. He succeeds, and eventually attracts real animals and plants into the tin forest, transforming his once bleak world into a paradise.
I read this book to my third and fourth grade class, and they loved it. So did the parents. The message is positive and the illustrations are stunning.
