“Each time the reader opens the book, there is something new and delightful to catch the eye.” New Scientist
'My father says there has been a rainforest here for over a hundred million years.'
When a young boy visits a tropical rain forest, he pretends it is a long time ago and that extinct and rare animals live in the forest, and aboriginal children play there. But how much longer will the rainforest remain, he wonders?
A Boston Globe Horn Honor Book A Friends of the Earth Award winner An International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Award winner