Can You Hug a Forest?

"Can you hug a forest? Of course you can. First you hug the air: open your arms, lift up your chin, and breathe in all the way down to your toes. Then you hug a leaf and a flower and a trail and a stream and all the other wondrous natural elements that make up a forest. Take every chance to soak in your natural surroundings and be grateful for nature"--

About the author

Frances Gilbert is a children’s book editor and the author of the picture books Can You Hug a Forest?; Go, Girls, Go!; Too Much Slime!; and I Will Always Be Your Bunny. Follow her on Twitter at @GoGirlsGoBooks.Amy Hevron is an illustrator, graphic designer, and children’s book author who lives in Seattle. She is the illustrator of several children’s books including The Tide Pool Waits by Candace Fleming, Tree Hole Homes by Melissa Stewart, and Can You Hug a Forest? by Frances Gilbert, as well as her own Tiny Habitats series, Dust Bunny Wants a Friend, and The Longest Journey: An Arctic Tern’s Migration. Visit her at AmyHevron.com.

Summary

Celebrate the beauty of the natural world in this meditative picture book encouraging mindfulness, gratitude, and love for the environment—featuring illustrations painted on actual wood.

Can you hug a forest? Of course you can. First you hug the air: open your arms, lift up your chin, and breathe in all the way down to your toes. Then you hug a leaf and a flower and a trail and a stream and all the other wondrous natural elements that make up a forest. Take every chance to soak in your natural surroundings and be grateful for nature.

Product details

• Authors: Frances Gilbert, Gilbert Frances
• Assisted by: Amy Hevron (Illustration)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2023
• EAN: 9781665903554
• ISBN: 978-1-66590-355-4
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 279 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Illustrations: f-c jkt (coated; fx: spot gloss, emboss on matte)+int. ill. (uncoated); digital
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION / Recycling & Green Living, Wildlife (Children's / Teenage), Picture storybooks, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Environment, Picture storybooks: imagination and play