The Forest Revealed

The Forest Revealed is perfect for families who love spending time together outdoors. With gorgeous illustrations and stunning attention to detail, this book is a naturalist’s dream.–Kate Messner, author of Over and Under the Pond and The Trouble with Heroes

Explore the forest like never before! Each month comes to life with a vibrant painting packed with animals, plants, bugs, and fungi to find. Flip the page for close-ups and fun facts that reveal the hidden magic of nature.

–We Are TeachersDistinguished by a dozen extraordinarily detailed paintings that feature mammals, birds, insects, spiders, plants, lichen, fungi, and slime molds found in nature each month, this oversized book offers a wealth of images and information … this is a beautiful book to return to again and again.–School Library Journal, starred reviewIf you want to melt into an enchanted forest without leaving home, then this informative and heartfelt book is for you. A perfect marriage of text and art. It will inspire curiosity and wonder in budding naturalists… and adults! Full STEAM ahead!–Dianna Hutts Aston, author of A Seed is SleepyJada Fitch and Kateri Kosek’s The Forest Revealed is a triumph of nature observation and art. Fitch’s finely rendered scenes and Kosek’s pristine, authoritative prose complement one another in a rich survey of our region’s flora, fauna, and fungi and how they weave together the northern forest we all share. The visual beauty and wealth of information necessitate the book’s generous proportions and invite the reader to experience the woods more deeply, all throughout the year.–Northern Woodlands

Jada Fitch is an illustrator whose work can be found everywhere from bookshops to nature trails. She has created illustrations for Maine Audubon, American Bird Conservancy, Down East Magazine, Liberty Graphics, The Nature Conservancy, as well as other park foundations, publishers, and magazines. Fitch is the creator of the popular Home Tweet Home window feeder, a decorated tiny home for birds. When not at her desk, Fitch is bird watching or taking photos in the forest. She lives in Addison, Maine.

Kateri Kosek’s poetry and essays have appeared in such places as Orion, Terrain.org, Catamaran, Northern Woodlands Magazine, Creative Nonfiction and Briar Cliff Review. Kosek lectures in English at Northwestern Connecticut Community College, and has taught at Marist College, Dutchess Community College, and Western CT State University, where she mentors in the MFA program in Creative and Professional Writing. She lives in western Massachusetts, where she writes for Berkshire Magazine and The Berkshire Edge. She holds a B.A. from Vassar College and an MFA from Western CT State University. She has been a resident at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska, and works surveying bird populations in Aton Forest in northwest Connecticut.