Using helpful maps, charts, and intriguing facts in conjunction with vibrant images and informational text, this fact-filled nonfiction title allows early elementary readers to explore the lush rainforests of the world. Readers will learn make their way from the forest floor to the understory, all the way to the canopy!

Simple text and color photographs depict the differences between living and nonliving things in the rain forest, and offer examples. Includes a comprehension question, a picture glossary, and further resources.

Introduces tropical rain forests including their layers, weather, plants, and animals. Describes threats to the rain forest and includes a diorama project.

This freewheeling black comedy features a bizarre cast of characters, including a Japanese man with a ball floating six inches in front of his head, an American CEO with three arms, and a Brazilian peasant who discovers the art of healing by tickling one's earlobe with a feather. By the end of this hilarious tale, they each have risen to the heights of wealth and fame, before arriving at disasters-both personal and ecological- that destroy the rain...

Using helpful maps, charts, and intriguing facts in conjunction with vibrant images and informational text, this engaging title allows early elementary readers to explore the lush rainforests of the world. Readers will learn make their way from the forest floor to the understory, all the way to the canopy! This title has been translated into Spanish.