I'll Follow the Moon and Eliza's Forever Trees by Stephanie Lisa Tara Book Reviews

On a quiet, moonlit beach, a baby green sea turtle stirs from a dream of home. Slowly, slowly, with a tap, crick, crack, the baby turtle embarks upon a mysterious nighttime journey. Gentle, tender verse and enchanting illustrations carry this tranquil tale from sand to sea.


Where has mother gone? Mothers don’t leave. Mothers stay, forever. Mothers are like redwood trees, those special forever trees that grow hundreds of feet high and live for thousands of years. Mothers read storybooks aloud. They know the power of a story. Power that can even make the wrong-beats of a child’s heart go away.

Maybe the monarch butterfly was right? Perhaps they should make the journey. The one that was too long, and too far, for a girl with a wrong-beating heart. Yet there was someone in the redwood forest that Eliza just knew could help. Not just any someone. Another mother. The first mother. The one, Eliza’s own mother had spoken of. Great Mother Redwood. The very first, the oldest and wisest redwood tree of them all. She, who started the forest thousands of years ago, might know where mother had gone. It seemed impossible. To find one who had never been seen, one who had only been spoken of? Yet. Mothers don't leave. They are like redwood trees. They stay, forever.

Eliza decided she must try. She would put one foot in front of the other, slowly. She would take small steps. She knew the butterfly would be patient alongside her. Down the path. To the forever trees.

To find Great Mother Redwood.


My review;
These are 2 of the cutest books I have seen in a long time. I'll Follow the Moon is about a sea turtle who looks everywhere for his mother. It is a very beautiful story about Mothers, children and the love they have for each other.


Eliza's Forever Tree's is about a little girl's search for her mother. She realizes through nature and other animals that all of nature has mothers and children. She searches until the other animals help her to feel better again. She feels much comfort in nature.
 
Stephanie Lisa Tara is an author who makes you feel, through her stories as if you are there also enjoying the beautiful scenes she is describing. I give these books a 5/5.  I was given these 2 books for the purpose of a review and all opinions are my own.