Your Forest (Your Places)

Your Forest
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Age Range
2+
Release Date
February 04, 2025
ISBN
978-1536230833
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From the incomparable Jon Klassen, one in a trio of companion board books for the youngest of children

This is your sun.
It is coming up for you.

These are your trees.
They can go over by the sun.

With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, a forest and all its items—a cabin, some rocks, a (nice) forest ghost, a stream, a bridge—are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is a forest for a young child to have whenever they want to go there. One of a trio of board books focusing on safe spaces, comfort, and imagination, Your Forest signals both a departure for Jon Klassen and a story whose peculiar touches of whimsy stamp the book as iconically his.

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1 review
Personalized bedtime story
(Updated: June 19, 2026)
Overall rating
 
3.3
Plot
 
4.0
Characters
 
N/A
Writing Style
 
4.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
 
2.0
Your Forest was our favorite out of the Your Places set. Slowly we are introduced to different parts of the forest, including a ghost, and told where they go. Once again, we've got this calming intimacy with the "characters" thanks to the narration.

The illustrations are again simple, matching Klassen's style. My son loves them, however, they are not for me.

The melodic rhythm of this sleepy board book makes the perfect bedtime story.
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