Out of the Woods

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Antonio Willie Giroux lived in a hotel his mother ran on the edge of a lake. He loved to explore the woods and look for animals, but they always remained hidden away. One hot, dry summer, when Antonio was almost five, disaster struck: a fire rushed through the forest. Everyone ran to the lake-the only safe place in town-and stood knee-deep in water as they watched the fire. Then, slowly, animals emerged from their forest home and joined the people in the water. Miraculously, the hotel did not burn down, and the animals rebuilt their homes in the forest-but Antonio never forgot the time when he watched the distance between people and animals disappear.

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Lisa

I shelved this at the library and the cover caught my eye. I typically don't bring home “True Tales” for my kids because those titles don't really hold their attention but I pre-read this and the story was so fascinating I knew I wanted to check it out.

Their attention was rapt from page 1. The art is great and I love that this isn't a book about a famous person. It's one unique event in the life of a man who could have been anyone's grandfather.

The front pages have lots of woodland animals so we had a nice time talking about all the animals that live on our property (we abut a stand of trees) that also live in Gowganda. There are lots of probing questions one could do with this book.

July 30, 2021