Once Upon a Jungle is an ultimate circular story outlining the Jungle’s circle of life. Laura Knowles text focuses in and then ultimately expands to the entire plant life of the jungle while James Boast’s illustrations with a dark background as the canopy of the rainforest would ultimately lead to a dark environment most of the time provides perfect camouflage for the the panther and the bright foliage provides the same for many of the insects and brightly colored animals. The spread with the beetles “roaming” on the panther is perhaps my favorite, the breakdown of a body to become one with the soil, the soil nourishing the plant life that will once again become the jungle. The symbiotic relationships can lend themselves to an awesome science lesson and deeper study. Readers young and old will love Once Upon a Jungle.
Title: Once Upon a Jungle
Author: Laura Knowles
Illustrator: James Boast
Published 2017 by Firefly Books
ISBN: 978-1-77085-971-5
This book was sent by the publisher for review purposes.
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