The Book
...from the first page, I was hooked. It's a delightful tale told by a first-rate storyteller. Every page sparkles. Description, dialogue, characters, setting—the whole thing works.
Lorraine Johnson, author of a number of books on native plant gardening.
Every once and a while a new book comes along that resets the compass of writing. Southcrop Forest, sets a new standard for ecological literature. It should be required reading for all youth, a textbook and a legend for a new generation and an ecological age. The author, a zoologist, provides young readers with endnotes rich with scientific nomenclature; Old Norse lore; Native American history; chemistry and climate change science which can be easily used in a classroom or enrich the understanding of young and adult readers alike.
Susan Feathers, Executive Director,WriteForChange
There has never been a book like this. Makes you see nature in a fresh way.
BookReview.com
Though the book contains many scientific facts, they are expressed in a way perfect for children.
Ian McCurley (age 14), Reader Views
Intriguing, inspiring and enlightening. There is something for every age. An ideal resource for the school reference library.
Richard R. Blake, Reader Views
Southcrop Forest” should be in as many libraries as possible, and each and every school library in English-speaking countries."
Michael Smith, Green (Living) Review
"Southcrop Forest" would be a great aid to middle school or even high school students to help tie biological concepts into the real world. In fact, I would say it is to science what Edwin Abbott Abbott's "Flatland" is to mathematics.
Ricki Marking-Camuto, Bookloons
Lorne Rothman, has delivered in "Southcrop Forest" a unique combination of science and fantasy. There is such an abundance of educational information intertwined throughout the story, as well as in the author's end notes, that the book could easily be used as a classroom tool.
Donna Nordmark Aviles, POD Book Reviews & More
This book is a must for anyone interested in nature, ecology and the environment.
Sassy Brit, Alternative-Read.com
Bold New Eco-Fantasy Blends Nature, Science, History
and Environmentalism
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Press Releases
PRWeb (3 Nov 08)
World-Wire Environment News Service (12 Nov 08)
All text and art work are Copyright © Lorne Rothman, unless otherwise stated.