| Record Number |
834195 |
| ISBN |
9781486313310 (hardback) |
| Author |
Wild, Ailsa author. |
| Title |
The forest in the tree : how fungi shape the Earth / written by Alisa Wild, illustrated by Aviva Reed, created by Briony Barr & Dr Gregory Crocetti. |
| Publisher/Date |
Clayton South, Victoria : Published in collaboration with Scale Free Network by CSIRO Publishing, 2020. |
| ©2020 |
| Pagination etc. |
50 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Small friends books 4 |
| Contents note |
Premier's Reading Challenge: 5-6 |
| Summary Note |
This is a story about trees and fungi connected through a 'wood wide web' - told by one tiny fungal spore. A little fungus meets a baby cacao tree and they learn to feed each other. They cooperate with a forest of plants and a metropolis of microbes in the soil. But when drought strikes can they work together to survive? |
| Target audience note |
9+ years old. |
| Subject |
Symbiosis -- Juvenile literature |
| Cacao -- Juvenile literature |
| Fungi -- Spores -- Juvenile literature |
| Added Author |
Reed, Aviva, illustrator |
| Barr, Briony, creator |
| Crocetti, Gregory, creator |
| Corporate Author |
CSIRO Publishing issuing body. |
| Shelf Location |
J 579.5 WILD |
