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1) Rainforest
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A collection of photographs that depict the plants, trees, birds, reptiles, insects, and mammals of rain forests in five different continents, and includes a CD containing the unique sounds of the rain forest.
2) Rain forest
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
A dramatic confrontation between the many exotic animal inhabitants of a rain forest and man and his machines is depicted through a simple text and vivid boldly colored illustrations capturing the lush beauty of a primeval rain forest.
3) Rainforest
Author
Publisher
MIT Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Covers the major rain forests of the world, looking at the plants and animals that inhabit each region.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This book tells a deep history of the world, arguing that tropical rainforests played an outsize and overlooked role in our lives. Although we now recognize the crucial role tropical forests play in regulating planetary systems like the atmosphere, we still tend to think of them as a kind of "green hell," as inhospitable, prehistoric wildernesses, largely irrelevant to our lives. This has made it easier for private interests to exploit rainforest...
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Jack and Annie look at the plants, animals, people, and products that inhabit the Earth's rain forests, and offer suggestions for protecting this valuable resource.
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, and imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title will introduce readers to rain forest ecosystems, the plants and animals that thrive there, its climate, its food web, any threats to it, and conservation efforts. Readers will also learn about the most well known rain forests and their characteristics.
13) Jungle
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Brown Bear Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book looks at tropical rain forests and how animals and plants survive in one of the world's most ancient and fragile biomes. Rain forest animals range from chimpanzees to colorful toxic frogs, and eagles that prey on monkeys.
17) The Amazon
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
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
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...
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