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An extraordinary book tacking painful emotion... A tonic, even for children with reason to be insecure." The Observer; "Seems likely to be counted as one of [Anthony Browne's] most significant works." The Children's Bookseller"
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An atmospheric exploration of a child's anxiety by the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Medal Winner. One night a boy is woken by a terrible sound. A storm is breaking, lightning flashing across the sky. In the morning Dad is gone and Mum doesn't seem to know when he'll be back. The next day Mum asks her son to take a cake to his sick grandma. "Don't go into the forest," she warns. "Go the long way round." But, for the first time, the boy chooses to take the path into the forest, where he meets a variety of fairy tale characters and discovers the fate of his father.
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a literary and visual gem. It deals with a young child's imagination as he ventures into the forest to face his fears. Anthony Browne creates a book literally crammed full of enchantment. The illustrations are extraordinary - if you look very carefully in every picture, you will find a haunting remnant from a fairytale - three bears creeping through the woods, an axe stuck in a tree, Cinderella's lost slipper... Combining all the traditional forest fairytales (Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, Hansel & Gretel, The Three Little Pigs) with Jack & the Beanstalk, Snow White, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, the book is eerie and sinister, but a happy ending awaits the reader. This book is well written and beautifully illustrated. As a teacher, I feel that this story should be shared with as many children as possible for its thematic content and enchanting illustrations (and the adults will fall in love with it too!) Very highly recommended!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really like Anthony Browne books. The illustrations are always beautiful and quirky with lots to talk about. However my son (5 years old) absolutely hated this book. We read it once and he never opened it again - he said he did not like it, it was too nasty and made him feel sad. The story is a twist on Red Riding Hood - a boy delivers the basket of goodies instead and the story follows his progress through the forest. The pictures are a bit threatening - strange configurations of trees with hidden pictures in the bark - quite a dark,brooding feel to the book. Not a success for us - it lacked the humour of piggybook and willy etc. Perhaps an older child would find it interesting.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Into The Forest is the beautifully and imaginatively illustrated story of a boy who's upset by his father's absence, and is then given a cake by his mother to deliver to his grandmother.
Our hero decides to take the short cut through the forest where he encounters various fairy-tale characters who want him to give them his yummy cake. He, however, is determined to give the cake to his grandmother, and all ends as it should. It's worth mentioning that he's shown in full colour, whilst the forest and its fairy-tale characters are all black and white, apart from a red cape which he dons with interesting results.
It's ironic (or perhaps not) that a book about dealing with anxiety should generate so much anxiety, starting with this parent - I find the book rather more scary than my four-year old, who cruises through it with great pleasure, happily finding the characters hidden in the forest illustrations.
I think that children have their own fears, which Anthony Browne understands well. These do not include worrying about whether the father's absence is properly explained (I'd say it's there in the book) or whether the book's suitable for children (I'd say it shows that being worried about something doesn't mean that you have to give in to fairy-tale anxieties).
My advice - lose yourself in this forest of brilliant story-telling and intriguing illustration.
Our hero decides to take the short cut through the forest where he encounters various fairy-tale characters who want him to give them his yummy cake. He, however, is determined to give the cake to his grandmother, and all ends as it should. It's worth mentioning that he's shown in full colour, whilst the forest and its fairy-tale characters are all black and white, apart from a red cape which he dons with interesting results.
It's ironic (or perhaps not) that a book about dealing with anxiety should generate so much anxiety, starting with this parent - I find the book rather more scary than my four-year old, who cruises through it with great pleasure, happily finding the characters hidden in the forest illustrations.
I think that children have their own fears, which Anthony Browne understands well. These do not include worrying about whether the father's absence is properly explained (I'd say it's there in the book) or whether the book's suitable for children (I'd say it shows that being worried about something doesn't mean that you have to give in to fairy-tale anxieties).
My advice - lose yourself in this forest of brilliant story-telling and intriguing illustration.
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Disturbing
Our 4 year old always seems to pick out Anthony Browne's and have usually found them all beautifully illustrated, multi-layered and engaging. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Richard Kilcoyne
Brilliant!
I used this for a year 2 literacy sequence of lessons. The illustrations are amazing and lead to loads of inference and deduction. Read more
Published 6 months ago by N. Collins
Into the forrest
Book delivered as described - altho packaging not terribly robust, and as a consequence the book was damaged in transit.
Published 9 months ago by Jaybee
A great read!
This book is wonderful because the boy's dad was at his Grandmas and he was taking a cake. I love this book because it was fantastic when he kept on seeing children. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dolphins
Interesting
A good way to help explain if a grand parent may be sick or if daddy is away from home for a while. Some characters have angry and sad faces which led to a great discussion on... Read more
Published 17 months ago by T. Wood
Great for the classroom
My wife is using this book in the classroom for literacy, alliteration and acrostic poems.
Published 19 months ago by Mr. P. Creedy
Ideal story
I bought this book after reading the reviews for it. It was for a friend of mine to read to a group of children at an interview. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mrs. S. J. Smith
Book Review by 4MD, Ludlow Junior School
4MD have been reading this book as part of their Literacy lessons. They found that the build up of tension towards the end of the story made it more exciting. Read more
Published 23 months ago by M. Davies
Odd and unpleasant
Maybe this is great for a child that is insecure or anxious but otherwise I can't see the point. My daughter is a cheery little soul and is bemused by the story. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by Antigone
A Modern Red Riding Hood
An update to the Little Red Riding Hood story. A young boy is sent to deliver a cake to his ill grandma. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2010 by P. Wilson
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