Rebecca L. Johnson - A Walk in the Boreal Forest

Second Editions

2nd Edition

by Rebecca L. Johnson

with illustrations by Phyllis V. Saroff

Lerner Publications Minneapolis

For my mother, who loved to
camp beneath towering pines

Text copyright 2021 by Rebecca L. Johnson
Illustrations copyright 2021 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
Map on page 8 by Laura Westlund 2021 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Johnson, Rebecca L., author. | Saroff, Phyllis V., illustrator.
Title: A walk in the boreal forest, / by Rebecca L. Johnson ; with illustrations by
Phyllis V. Saroff.
Description: 2nd edition. | Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2021] | Series: Biomes
of North America | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience:
Ages 812 | Audience: Grades 46 | Summary: Walk among the white spruce,
red squirrels, and deer of the boreal forest. Discover this North American habitat
and the plants and animals that call it home. Narrative text, striking images, and
illustrations explore this critical biome Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020033444 (print) | LCCN 2020033445 (ebook) | ISBN
9781728429212 (library binding) | ISBN 9781728429229 (paperback) | ISBN
9781728429236 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Taiga ecologyJuvenile literature. | TaigasJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QH541.5.T3 J65 2021 (print) | LCC QH541.5.T3 (ebook) | DDC
577.3/7dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020033444
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020033445

Manufactured in the United States of America
1-49448-49514-8/5/2020

Words

to Know

ALGAE (Al-jee) plant-like living things

BACTERIA (bak-TEE-ree-uh)
microscopic, one-celled living things
found almost everywhere

BIOME (BYE-ohm) a major
community of living things that covers
a large area, such as a grassland or a
forest

BOG (bawg) a patch of spongy, soggy
ground

BOREAL (BOHR-ee-uhl) northern

CLIMATE (KLYE-mut) a regions
usual pattern of weather over a long
period of time

CONE SCALES small, overlapping
parts of a cone such as a pinecone

CONIFERS (KAH-nih-furz) plants that
produce seeds inside cones

DECIDUOUS (duh-SIH-juh-wuhs)
falling off. Deciduous plants lose
their leaves at the end of the growing
season.

FUNGI (FUHN-gye) living things,
such as mushrooms and molds, that
get their food by breaking down dead
plant and animal matter

HIBERNATE (HYE-bur-nate) to pass
the winter in a special deep sleep

LICHENS (LYE-kenz) small, crusty
living things made up of fungi and
algae growing together

MARSH an area of wet, low-lying
land near a pond or lake

PREDATORS (PREH-duh-turz)
animals that hunt and eat other
animals

PREY (pray) animals that are hunted
and eaten by other animals

RESIN (REH-zihn) sticky tree sap

Dim light

filtering through the pines

A white-tailed deer fawn wanders quietly among
stately pine trees. It bends down to nibble a fern.
Suddenly, a pinecone falls from the treetops. It lands
with a thump on the ground. Startled, the deer leaps
back. With a snort, it disappears into the dark green
shadows of the boreal forest.

The boreal forest is a wild place in the far north.
Boreal means northern. Millions and millions of trees
grow close together in this huge forest. Like wooden
soldiers, they stand side by side, straight and tall.

The boreal forest stretches across the northern
parts of North America, Europe, and Asia. It forms a
nearly unbroken belt of trees that circles the Earth.

Like a dark green
carpet, millions of
spruce trees cover
gently rolling hills
in the boreal forest.