Here Is the Tropical Rain Forest

by Madeleine Dunphy and Michael Rothman

Book Overview

Using cumulative verse, this colorful picture book introduces children to the swinging monkeys, upside-down-hanging sloths, graceful caimans and stalking jaguars that make up the Amazon rainforest, while giving young readers an understanding of the interdependency of life.
Exotic environments like the tropical rain forest have long held a fascination for young readers. Through singsong text, kids will discover how all living things in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977379507
• ISBN13: 9780977379507
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Web of Life Children's Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 10.0" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A first ecology lesson that is lovely, poetic, and fun!

I highly recommend this book for its beautiful illustrations, and its elegant approach to teaching kids ecology: A cumulative verse format, which kids love to repeat and memorize.