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1) Rain forests
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Rain forests are home to more than half of the world's plants and animals. In this leveled title, readers will explore this important biome, learning about its layers, plant and animal life, and human impact. Profiles highlight the specs of notable rain forests, while other features show off animals and summarize the impact of humans. Readers will delight in the vivid photos and approachable text in this colorful title!
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 5
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie!!
When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #5: Afternoon on the Amazon, they had lots of questions. How much rain falls in a rain forest? What is the world's heaviest...
When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #5: Afternoon on the Amazon, they had lots of questions. How much rain falls in a rain forest? What is the world's heaviest...
4) Jungle
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Examines the plants, animals, and insects found in the world's tropical rain forests.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Conservation biologist Martin Jenkins and acclaimed fine artist Vicky White expertly guide readers into the complex ecosystem of Malaysia's Taman Negara. Conversational prose and photorealistic black-and-white artwork--punctuated by four jaw-dropping full-color spreads--evoke the whir of cicadas and the low call of a pheasant. Pages fill with ants and elephants, leopards and hornbills, gibbons and bats, as animals spread and fertilize seeds to help...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 6
Language
English
Description
The #1 bestselling chapter book series is now available as graphic novels! Magic. Mystery. Time-travel. Get whisked away to the Amazon rainforest on a high-stakes adventure with brother-and-sister team Jack and Annie!
Watch out for that crocodile! Get ready for a wild ride as Jack and Annie find themselves in the Amazon Rainforest on a dangerous journey. From killer ants to vampire bats, they never know what they'll run into next!...
Watch out for that crocodile! Get ready for a wild ride as Jack and Annie find themselves in the Amazon Rainforest on a dangerous journey. From killer ants to vampire bats, they never know what they'll run into next!...
Author
Publisher
Dash! Leveled Readers, an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
This title explores the weather that is common to both tropical and temperate rain forests. This title is at a Level 2 and is written specifically for emerging readers. Aligned to Common Core Standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
In this new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about tropical rainforests. How do tropical rainforests remove carbon dioxide from the air and keep the planet cool? Why do scientists refer to the tropical rainforests as the world's medicine chest? Why are there so many plants and animals in these rainforests? Why is it important to help conservationists preserve the tropical rainforests and reduce deforestation? The answers to these questions...
9) Rainforests
Author
Series
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Find out what a rainforest is and what kinds of plants and animals call the rainforests home"--
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In these essays, Zuker shares intimate stories of life in the rainforest and its surrounding cities during an age of raging wildfires, mass migration, populist politics, and increasing deforestation. As a group of Venezuelan migrants wait at a bus station in Manaus, looking for a place more stable than home, an elder in Alter do Cĥo becomes the first Indigenous person in Brazil to die from COVID-19 after years of fighting for the rights and recognition...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Bold, brightly colored pictures, lift-the-flap pages and entertaining rhymes, Pop up Peekaboo! Rainforest provides lots of opportunities for parent-and-child interaction and hours of animal entertainment. Journey through the rainforest and discover the spectacular habitats living here!
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Under the canopy of the rainforest, hundreds of animals make their homes--from the slender parrot snake to the colorful poison dart frog. But up in the trees hides a whole other world, where toucans and pale-billed woodpeckers chatter and call, capuchin monkeys swing from the vines, and sleek-furred jaguars rule the night. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden among the roots, above the winding rivers ... and under...
Author
Series
Publisher
Treasure Bay, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Explore the mystery and wonder of the tropical rainforests! Travel around the equator to Africa, Asia, and South America discovering some of the world's most fascinating plants and animals and learning why the rainforests are so important to protect. The book ends by explaining the ongoing destruction of these ancient and beautiful ecosystems and how we can all help to keep the rainforests safe for the future.
16) Amazon
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Amazon River and the rain forest that surrounds it, describing their physical characteristics and the plants and animals that live there, and discusses its people, their history, economic and social conditions, and other details.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Achuar people live in a part of the Amazon rain forest as pristine today as it was a thousand years ago. Their dreams are keeping it that way. The Achuar had no contact with the outside world until the early 1970's. We learn how their dreams have protected their forest and their society, and could even help guide all of us to a sustainable future on our planet.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
At the mouth of the Amazon River, a murder trial is taking place. The victim – Sister Dorothy Stang, a 73-year-old Catholic nun from Dayton, Ohio – was shot six times at point blank range. The events that led to her death, and the trials that follow, reveal the larger battle being fought for the future of the rain forest. With unprecedented access to both sides of the conflict, this gripping documentary follows the real-life drama at the trials...
19) Mez's magic
Author
Series
Lost rainforest volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegan Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Mez, a panther who discovers her magical powers after an eclipse, must unite the other animals to save Caldera from an evil force.
20) Monkey time
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Monkey tries to catch the brightly colored--and tasty-looking--minutes on the minute tree in his forest. Introduces basic concepts about time and how time passes and is measured"--
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