SuitabookDrops of life
Esko-Pekka Tiitinen
- Reading
- Read a short section at a time, pausing to look at the layered, contrasting illustrations and check what each character contributes. If the refrain feels unclear, revisit it after the seedling appears.
- Themes
- Cooperation and environmental repair: Animals carry seeds from different regions, while a boy brings water, in an effort to grow a seedling where forest has given way to desert. The collective effort is presented as the route towards restoring life; the refrain also stresses the strong helping the weak.
- Dialogue and visual presentation: The play-turned-book foregrounds realistically rendered animals against fantasy-like backgrounds, using strong colour contrasts and layered colours. How do the dialogue and visual contrasts shape the way the journey comes across?
- Worth knowing
- Desertification and the loss of a once-lush forest are central to the story; the animals also face a rescue during the journey.