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Salmon Forest

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Salmon Forest
Written by David Suzuki & Sarah Ellis
Illustrated by Sheena Lott

Kate, a White girl, goes with her father to a stream in a Pacific rain forest that he calls a "salmon forest." They watch the sockeye returning to spawn. They run into Brett, a Native American boy, and his family fishing in a nearby pool in the river. Kate learns more about how the salmon need the forest and the forest needs the salmon.

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