The Charcoal Forest: How Fire Helps Animals and Plants - Softcover

Peluso, Beth A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878425322 ISBN 13: 9780878425327

Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2007

Synopsis

After a fire, you might think a burned area is as barren and lifeless as the moon. But take a closer look and you'll find that even before the last wisps of smoke have cleared, the newly burned forest is already teeming with life. Many plants and animals find fertile ground here to grow, eat, and have offspring; some species are dependent on fire and cannot thrive or reproduce without it. Unlike most books, which concentrate on the fire itself, The Charcoal Forest explores the new habitat created by the fire. Focusing on the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada, the book describes twenty species of animals and plants that contribute to the reclamation and renewal of the charcoal forest. Why do some beetles fly toward a fire? Why will you almost never see a black-backed woodpecker outside of burned areas? How do fires help grow yummy treats like huckleberries and morel mushrooms? Kids and adults will delight in discovering the answers to these and other burning questions--and don't forget to find the black-backed woodpecker in every picture!

About this title

About the Author:

Beth Peluso has worked as an editor, taught young children, and done scientific illustration. This is her first children's book.

Beth Peluso has worked as an editor, taught young children, and done scientific illustration. This is her first children's book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0878425322
• ISBN 13: 9780878425327
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56