I Am Not Boring

The True-Life Story of a Log

Author Lena Podesta On Tour
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The funniest (and totally not boring) picture book about a log that has ever existed, full of scientific facts and delightfully silly storytelling

What’s so special about a log? It just sits there and does nothing. How boring! However, you may be surprised to learn that logs are anything but boring—they are an essential part of life in the forest. Logs provide shelter, become food, and even turn into a safe place for a new tree to grow.

Told with humor and heart, I Am Not Boring shows how an old log is not, in fact, boring at all. This endearing, goofball picture book by author-illustrator Lena Podesta is subversive humor at its best. Factual back matter about log lifecycles is also included. While readers are giggling along, they're learning about the importance of ecosystems—and believing in themselves.
Lena Podesta is an illustrator and animator based in Oregon. She loves to create character driven work for both kids and grown-ups that is mostly sweet and a little bit wicked. She is the author/illustrator of Too Crowded and the illustrator of Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon. View titles by Lena Podesta
This is the most boring story ever told.

It is about a log.

The end.


Just kidding!


That story would be boring,
but also very short.

This story is boring and long.
Hundreds of years long.
Much longer than you or
I will be alive.
“An eye opener for readers who think that a log ‘doesn’t do anything but sit in a forest.’ . . . The jaunty banter between the narrator and the log will elicit chuckles while offering a potentially eye-opening revelation: Even seemingly static environments are often teeming with life. . . . Animated and informative.”Kirkus Reviews

“Readers will be anxious to go out into nature and find fallen logs to explore the impact they have on their local environment. . . . This title will be useful in environmental units and will be especially helpful for classes prior to visiting parks or nature preserves—it’s both interesting and entertaining.”—School Library Journal

“A seemingly boring log argues with its narrator about its true value in this playful picture book. . . . A whimsical, informative picture book that highlights the hidden life of logs, showing that ordinary objects often have extraordinary stories to tell.”—Booklist

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The funniest (and totally not boring) picture book about a log that has ever existed, full of scientific facts and delightfully silly storytelling

What’s so special about a log? It just sits there and does nothing. How boring! However, you may be surprised to learn that logs are anything but boring—they are an essential part of life in the forest. Logs provide shelter, become food, and even turn into a safe place for a new tree to grow.

Told with humor and heart, I Am Not Boring shows how an old log is not, in fact, boring at all. This endearing, goofball picture book by author-illustrator Lena Podesta is subversive humor at its best. Factual back matter about log lifecycles is also included. While readers are giggling along, they're learning about the importance of ecosystems—and believing in themselves.

Author

Lena Podesta is an illustrator and animator based in Oregon. She loves to create character driven work for both kids and grown-ups that is mostly sweet and a little bit wicked. She is the author/illustrator of Too Crowded and the illustrator of Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon. View titles by Lena Podesta

Excerpt

This is the most boring story ever told.

It is about a log.

The end.


Just kidding!


That story would be boring,
but also very short.

This story is boring and long.
Hundreds of years long.
Much longer than you or
I will be alive.

Praise

“An eye opener for readers who think that a log ‘doesn’t do anything but sit in a forest.’ . . . The jaunty banter between the narrator and the log will elicit chuckles while offering a potentially eye-opening revelation: Even seemingly static environments are often teeming with life. . . . Animated and informative.”Kirkus Reviews

“Readers will be anxious to go out into nature and find fallen logs to explore the impact they have on their local environment. . . . This title will be useful in environmental units and will be especially helpful for classes prior to visiting parks or nature preserves—it’s both interesting and entertaining.”—School Library Journal

“A seemingly boring log argues with its narrator about its true value in this playful picture book. . . . A whimsical, informative picture book that highlights the hidden life of logs, showing that ordinary objects often have extraordinary stories to tell.”—Booklist

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