Una foresta

by Marc Martin

When a forest is cut down, the consequences are more than anyone could have anticipated. A Forest is an simple and powerful environmental parable from an extraordinary new talent.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Sustainability, Nature, Environment

32 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2017

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. Really nice illustrations but a lacking storyline. The city that was meant to be dirty with pollution was depicted in lovely bright colours, the pollution was shown in green water colour which actually looked beautiful so was quite confusing. The story told me little more than when people came pollution caused a big flood an then nature recovered.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another book bought for my tree year old granddaughter, this book is beautifully illustrated. It tells the tale of a forest. In the forest are many trees, until people come along and chop them down. At first it is only a few trees, then more and more... until eventually there is only one tree left of the original forest. But from that one remaining tree gradually grows ... a new forest.
This is a good book for illustrating the consequences of human greed for natural resources.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picture Books Count.

This is really beautiful. The watercolours are gorgeous and the message is incredibly important in light of our climate crisis.

[Julie Grasso · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful book, with exquisite water colour and what I could describe as felt pen art. A forest grows for thousands of years, and then people begin to take from it. Initially they take only what they need, but eventually they become greedy and obliterate the whole forest for factories and cities. Eventually the smog is so thick it causes a huge flood and the city is no more. One lone tree survives and becomes many and once again, over time there is a forest. My 4 year old, loved this book and really understood the simple yet extremely important message of conservation. We picked this up at our local library and feel like we need a copy of our own.

[Agneza Huljev · Rating 3 out of 5]

Umm. Hmm, I remember this one from when it was new. It came up on a eco-fiction book list so I watched a YouTube flip-through of it. I think it's an Australian author? I remember a colleague commenting she wanted a skirt in the pattern of the book cover. It's very pretty - a unique eye-catching illustration style...but for my purposes, it seems to have more a biblical than eco vibe.

A flourishing forest is cut down becoming a city so polluted that a storm blows it away leaving one tree which becomes a flourishing forest. Umm, not sure about the message there. And for starters, the forest is made up of European trees, cacti, all sorts mixed together, which somehow also has a biblical vibe - or like, multiculturalism but with forests? So, we let the polluted city destroy nature until the city is destroyed and there is a blank slate, and the forest regrows. It's like a video game.

Anyhow, just reviewing it because it was on the list of Aussie Environmental-themed fiction from Penguin which it probably shouldn't be. Link here: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/list...

*Giving 3 stars because it's pretty, well-presented, I remembered it, and it is well-written. Just the message is a bit dazed and confused.

[Eriska · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gambarnya simpel tapi bermakna, selain itu jalan ceritanya sendiri dapat dibilang singkat tapi dalem tentang enviro atau lingkungan hidup. Berawal dari hutan yang sudah berumur ratusan bahkan ratusan tahun yang kemudian mulai dinik mati manfaatnya oleh manusia, pada awalnya ga ada yg salah karena tetap dijaga kelestarian hutannya, hingga pada suatu saat manusia mulai serakah mereka mengambil sebanyak mungkin yang hutan beri tanpa dijaga kelestariannya dan sampailah pada saat hutan itu digantikan menjadi kota yang penuh dgn bangunan tinggi dan asap pabrik hingga suatu ketika terjadi hujan yg sangat besar dan tanpa hutan tdk ada yg menyerap air hujan yg berlebih maka kemudian kota tersebut hanyut beserta bangunan dan pabrik didalamnya dan hanya ada 1 yg selamat yaitu pohon kecil dan dimulai dari pohon kecil inilah putaran kehidupan dimulai kembali yang pada akhirnya memunculkan kembali A forest.

Banyak yg bilang ceritanya mirip Loraxnya dr.seuss, tapi memang iya sih dipikir2 soalnya sama2 environya hehehe

[Educateempower · Rating 5 out of 5]

A forest by Marc Martin immediately captured my attention with the creatively painted forest on the front cover.

The tiny trees that envelop the front cover , each one completely different from each other, have been drawn with water colours, texta, pencil and ink.

A forest tells a story through simple words and captivating pictures about a forest being destroyed due to human greed but then growing again through human care. A true story of hope and empowerment.

I loved reading this story to my children and they enjoyed listening and looking at the illustrations. It is a poignant story and one which helps to grow awareness of the importance of the natural world just outside out doorstep.

It’s a brave story with tender words and memorable images. It’s a must read for anyone who loves a good picture book with a message of hope.

[Paul Graham Terpstra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book.
Just read Dr. Seuss The Lorax and then read this book without even knowing what it was about! Amazing coincidence there, they are the same book 40 years apart. And yet, we have learnt nothing!
Really enjoyed this story, illustrations style is great too

[Nancy Eyre]

I loved the watercolor illustrations so much in this one. This book tells the story of a thriving forest that is cut down and replaced with a big city. A big storm comes and washes away the city and leaves behind a single tree that grows into a forest again.

[Steve · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lovely artwork but the story was lacking any subtly or depth.

[Sebastian Song · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, what a book to warn of man's destruction of nature and the power of Mother Nature.

[Anniek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prachtig boek over klimaat en natuur!

[Elaine Ker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Une histoire assez classique expliquant les conséquences de la surexploitation des forêts... mais quelque part la fin prétend que le problème se règle tout seul et je ne suis pas convaincue que ça soit pertinent

[Cruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Author/Illustrator: Marc Martin
First Published: 2012

A lovely story with beautiful watercolour illustrations focussing on how an environment is degraded and how it can be renewed, if we care enough.

Fits nicely into the environmental genre with a similar message to The Lorax by Dr Seuss and Uno's Garden by Graeme Base.





Age:
Read aloud - 3+
Read yourself - 5+

(ISBN 9780670076451)

-CR-

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute The Lorax kind of story. My class cheered when the forest renewed itself but I think some of the subtlety and timescale was lost on them. If only real life ecological problems could be solved so simply.

[Armen · Rating 4 out of 5]

beautiful illustrations.

[Anna Azarenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Пливуча акварель та кольоровы фломастери без заливки

[Lara Bate · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great story on what happens to the environment when people cut down forests.

[bebe_thoreau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very short but very beautiful :)

[Zuzana Be · Rating 4 out of 5]

very short book about a forest and how people destroyed it. nicely illustrated.