A Walk in the Boreal Forest Author:Rebecca L Johnson, Phyllis V. Saroff (Illustrator) Take a walk in the boreal forest. Sunlight filters through tall spruce and pine trees. It's cool and damp, even late in the summer. As you walk silently across the carpet of needles, you can hear the chatter of squirrels and the hammering of a woodpecker in the trees above you. This biome of tall conifer trees and shaded, cool paths has long... more » winters and very short summers. How do the plants and animals of the boreal forest live? Take a tour of this amazing biome and find out for yourself how each creature depends on all the others for survival.« less