Rainforest

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Summary: Rain Forest by Helen Cowcher
Review: Cowcher has written a thoughtful brightly colored book about the rain forest for younger elementary aged students. It introduces the reader to the rainforest and the creatures that are living there peacefully. Sloths, aneaters, and tapis roam it's cool floor. Toucans and macaws nest in its canopy. And, high above its exotic foliage, butterflies flutter. As the Jaguar prowls his lush kingdom, a cry of alarm is sounded throughout the rain forest. Something even more powerful than a Jaguar is threatening this world, and the creatures know a change is coming. This is a great book for use as a tool to involve young readers in the issue of conservation of the rainforests, it is a powerful way to show the effects of deforestation to young children through the eyes of the creatures and plantlife who inhabit this ecosystem. (fiction grades K-4).

Rating:
Summary: Rain Forest by Helen Cowcher
Review: Cowcher has written a thoughtful brightly colored book about the rain forest for younger elementary aged students. It introduces the reader to the rainforest and the creatures that are living there peacefully. Sloths, aneaters, and tapis roam it's cool floor. Toucans and macaws nest in its canopy. And, high above its exotic foliage, butterflies flutter. As the Jaguar prowls his lush kingdom, a cry of alarm is sounded throughout the rain forest. Something even more powerful than a Jaguar is threatening this world, and the creatures know a change is coming. This is a great book for use as a tool to involve young readers in the issue of conservation of the rainforests, it is a powerful way to show the effects of deforestation to young children through the eyes of the creatures and plantlife who inhabit this ecosystem. (fiction grades K-4).