Product Details

• Published on: 1999-11-01
• Binding: Hardcover
• 40 pages

From the Author
The idea first came to me to write this book after having had a spiritual experience, much like the fictitious main character of the book. During a time ion which I was in a contemplative mood, while visiting a redwood forest, I decided to sit at the base of a tree.

While sitting there, opening my mind to the feel of the forest, I suddenly began to feel that I was one with the whole forest. I also felt a strong feeling of love coming from the trees. This experience then subsided, leaving me with a sense of awe.

Nothing can describe the peace, love and wonderment I feel when I am in a grove of old-growth trees of the Pacific Northwest. The smell of the nutrient-rich soil, the beautiful moss and fungi, the stillness, dignity and grandeur of the trees-all bring about a sense of beauty and joy.

Unfortunately, I learned that 96%-98% of redwood trees have already been cut down, and that only half of what remains today are protected in parks. The rest are being logged. Also, many precious old-growth douglas-fir forests in the Pacific-Northwest are being clear-cut. These extremely rich and diverse bio-systems took 12,000, and some, 100,000 years to grow, and would be lost forever if clear-cut.

I then decided to write a children's book...