Your Forest

By: Jon Klassen

Published by Candlewick Press (MA), 2025-02-04

<b>"Lulling rhythms, interactive language, and repeating words soothe and amuse, giving readers a place to envision themselves and return to whenever they like." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)</b><br> <b><br> From the incomparable Jon Klassen, one in a trio of companion board books for the youngest of children</b><br> <br> <i>This is your sun.</i><br> <i>It is coming up for you.</i><br> <br> <i>These are your trees.</i><br> <i>They can go over by the sun.</i><br> <br> With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, a forest and all its items--a cabin, some rocks, a (nice) forest ghost, a stream, a bridge--are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is a forest for a young child to have whenever they want to go there. One of a trio of board books focusing on safe spaces, comfort, and imagination, <i>Your Forest</i> signals both a departure for Jon Klassen and a story whose peculiar touches of whimsy stamp the book as iconically his.