582.16 CHIRedwoods is an easy-to-understand, non-fiction picture book about the tallest trees in the world. The tallest Redwood is 379 feet tall! That is about 35 building stories! These trees live in California.
This book is non-fiction, but it feels like a story. It is not broken out into boring sections. Each page tells a different fact about Redwoods. A kid from the city sits reading a book (this book!) about the Redwoods, and as he reads, the forest appears all around him. The pictures are beautiful. I really liked the fascinating tree details and the amusing expressions on the reader's face in the story.
This book is also on Illinois' Bluestem list, one of the books for voting in 3rd - 5th grade. I recommend it to everyone with a little interest in the world around you.
Click here for Information and a cool video about climbing the world's tallest tree
