The Lost Forest

by Phyllis Root

Book Overview

The story of a forest "lost" by a surveying error--and all the flora and fauna to be found there

A forest, of course, doesn't need a map to know where to grow. But people need a map to find it. And in 1882 when surveyors set out to map a part of Minnesota, they got confused, or tired and cold (it was November), and somehow mapped a great swath of ancient trees as a lake. For more than seventy-five years, the mistake stayed on the map,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816697965
• ISBN13: 9780816697960
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4

Customer Reviews

A book that's a work of art about a forest that got lost!

This book is a fascinating non-fiction how in 1882, a forest got lost! A true story (who could make it up?) and beautifully illustrated by artist Betsy Bowen!