” A tree falls in the forest. Crash! Bur=t that is not the end of the tree’s story. It’s just the beginning of its new life as a rotting habitat.” (p. 7)

Now the large font text, of 3-4 sentences per page, gives brief descriptions of the work of ants, pill bugs, fungus, earthworms, millipedes, springtails, mites, centipedes in and on the log on the forest floor.

Highly magnified color photos of these creatures, including bacteria and microbes, grab the readers attention.