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    Sequoia

    By Tony Johnston and Wendell Minor

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    Standing tall above the tree line, Sequoia stretches his ancient arms and gathers clouds to him. He watches as days, seasons, years pass by. His branches are home to owls and choirs of frogs. Beneath his broad canopy, a world grows.
    This is his story. Through controlled verse and luscious illustration, Tony Johnston and Wendell Minor do justice to the enormous figure of the sequoia tree. A Neal Porter Book

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateSep 23, 2014
    ISBN9781466877320
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    Sequoia
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    Tony Johnston

    Tony Johnston is the award-winning author of more than one hundred books for young people, including the New York Times bestseller Off to Kindergarten, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, and The Quilt Story, illustrated by Tomie dePaola. She lives in California, where she was born and raised.

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    • 4/5
      Author Tony Johnston explores the life of a giant sequoia tree in this poetic picture-book, her evocative text paired with beautiful watercolor artwork from illustrator Wendell Minor. With the sunlight upon his massive shoulders, and the animals at his distant feet, the tree watches all around him. From his great height, he gathers clouds to him and touches snow. A long-lived creature, he silently tells of times and creatures past, reaching his arms toward the stars...I found Johnston's text in Sequoia to be quite lovely, capturing the beauty and mystery of these giant arboreal beings quite wonderfully. It's astonishing to think that they can live 3,200 years, something one learns in the brief informational afterword. The artwork from Minor is likewise lovely, and there were scenes - especially the one depicting the sequoia covered in snow - that left me breathless. One of two of these scenes are oriented differently on the two-page spread, in order to capture the sense of the tallness of these giants, necessitating turning the book on its side. All in all, a gorgeous book, one I would recommend to tree-lovers young and old, and to anyone looking for a very basic introduction to the giant sequoia for the younger picture-book set.
    • 5/5
      Great verse and awesomely beautiful illustrations by Wendell Minor.