Redwoods

Written and illustrated by Jason Chin


 * Summary:** While waiting for the subway, a boy is reading about redwoods and becomes lost in the book. He is transported to the forest where he learns about what makes a redwood forest.


 * Fact vs. Fiction:** Compare this book to **The Red Book** (2004) by Barbara Lehman. Discuss how the plot is similar, listing 4-8 similarities. Discuss how the books are similar to dreams they have had. What parts of the books are realistic and which parts are fantasy?

Use this book to compare fact and fiction.


 * Getting Lost in a Book:** Discuss the characteristics that cause a reader to be lost in a book. Each reader can identify something for each letter in the word LOST that is criteria for a book they can get lost in. For instance,
 * L**oves the writing
 * O**bsessed with what happens next
 * S**uspenseful
 * T**otally absorbing


 * Predicting:** Share the opening picture in the book. Have students predict 3 things that will happen in the book. After reading the story, see how they did. How/why did the picture help them predict the storyline or not.