Description: "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, Your Forest signals both a departure for Jon Klassen and a story whose peculiar touches of whimsy stamp the book as iconically his"--
Review Quotes: In a new series of bedtime board books for children ages 2-5, he has kept the dry humor but skipped the darkness, and the result is pure delight.
--The Wall Street Journal
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) Klassen has crafted three unassuming master classes in picture-book making for the youngest listeners/viewers.
--The Horn Book (starred review) Klassen's inimitable blend of cozy and curious is on flagrant display in this tale of personalized forest management. . . Pure unmitigated sleepy-time pleasure.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) For 2- to 5-year-olds, where in simple, rhythmic words, Klassen chronicles a given setting and items you find there over the course of a day.
--The Strategist A comforting board book about imagination and safe spaces from the legendary author of I Want My Hat Back that creates a charming forest from a handful of familiar objects.
--Waterstones