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. 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). 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). He reads it on his way home and imagines himself at the places the book. The framing story opens with a boy finding a copy of Red woods A young boy finds a book about redwood trees sitting on the seat of the subway. ) 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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