Lynne Cherry journeyed deep into the rain forests of Brazil to write and illustrate this picture book about a man who exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant kapok tree. While he sleeps, the forest’s residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the importance of trees and how "all living things depend on one another.” The colored pencil and watercolor drawings of all the "wondrous and rare animals" evoke the lush rain forests and the book features stunning world maps bordered by detailed illustrations of rainforest creatures.

An IRA Teacher’s Choice * ABA Pick of the Lists * Reading Rainbow Review Book * NSTA-CBC Outstanding Trade Book for Children

 A modern fable with an urgent message for young environmentalists "Spectacular." (School Library Journal)

Lynne Cherry is a children’s book author of 30 award-winning children’s books including NYT best-sellers A River Ran Wild andThe Great Kapok Tree which has been a staple in school classrooms for over 30 years. Children often perform plays and musicals about the woodcutter who enters the forest and sleeps as wonderful rain forest creatures whisper in his ear. The book has stunning, vibrant and lovingly rendered illustrations of the lush rain forest with its tree porcupines, anteaters, butterflies, insects, and other forest creatures.