Picture Books

The Hidden Forest
Walker Books UK 2000
Greenwillow Books USA 2000

‘When you see kelp forest under the water and you’re
looking up, the sun is like the light of the sky, it
penetrates the water’s surface and shoots rays down
as in a rainforest. The forest is very magical and
mysterious and fish, appear at times, like birds flying
through the trees’. Jeannie Baker

Ben holds little regard for sea life. When his fish trap
is tangled in the kelp his friend Sophie helps him to
free it and so takes Ben under the sea where he
discovers the enchanted world of the kelp forest and
its inhabitants. Ben’s experience turns him from fear
and exploitation to exploration, wonder and delight in
what he finds.

ISBN – Hardback	0-688-15760-2 (trade USA)
	0-688-08918-6 (lib. ed. USA)
	1-85681-010-0 (UK)
ISBN - Paperback	0-7445c7876-0
ISBN - Big Book	0-84428 518-9

The Australian Wilderness Society Award, 2001

The Giverny Award, USA 2003