by Bob Weir and Wendy Weir
Hyperion Press
$4.95
Lokuli is a young African boy who lives in a village deep in the rainforests of Zaire. His family farms and hunts for food. One day, after overhearing his father express concern that their village is running out of food, Lokuli enters the rainforest all by himself to hunt for meat. Lokuli spends the night in the rainforest and sees many animals on his adventure, including a black panther who helps him find food. Lokuli also finds a pygmy tribe that teaches him how to collect wild honey. When Lokuli returns to his village with meat and honey for his family, he is a hero!
50 Great Ways to Make Friends with Planet Earth
by Bobbe Needham
Sterling Publishing $14.95
Taking care of our environment can be FUN, when you do these terrific nature-friendly projects! Recycle objects like newspaper, bottles and eggshells by turning them into papier-mâché vases and mosaics. Go on a nature walk and gather bark and twigs from the ground for baskets and miniature canoes. A bright bouquet can bloom in a paper bag, and old license plates can become a bird feeder! Lots of how-to pictures included.
by Gloria Rand
Henry Holt and Company
$15.95
A boy and his father like to take long hikes through an ancient forest. They enjoy watching birds soar above the trees and trying to guess what animal has left its tracks on the ground. Hiking in the forest is a family tradition. But one day the father and son find blue marks on the trunks of the trees-the marks of loggers. The boy decides they must do something to save the forest. But are they too late? Read this book to find out what happens!
by Suzanne Ross
Enchanted Rainforest Press
$6.95
In this book you will find 106 interesting and sometimes surprising examples of the many creatures that live in the world's tropical rainforests. Learn about anteaters, kangaroos in the trees, opossums, cats with webbed fee, frogs, dragons and even geckos that fly! Also learn about foods that come from the rainforest like: chocolate, coffee, tapioca, vanilla, walnuts, nutmeg, brazil nuts, pepper, yams and bananas. This fun book is full of surprises. Share it with your classmates and friends!
Nature's Last Paradise
By Erica Sherman
Landmark Editions
$15.95
This beautiful book was written and illustrated by a 12 year old! It is about the rainforest and speaks of the forest's waters, plants and animals, and its people. It also offers a passionate plea for humankind to stop destroying this unique and valuable ecosystem before it's too late. Wonderful watercolor illustrations and rainforest facts at the bottom of each page make this book a great find!
by Lynne Cherry and Mark J. Plotkin
Harcourt Brace and Company
$16.00
For thousands of years, in the jungles of the Amazon, shamans have passed on information about the medicinal values of rainforest plants from one generation to the next. This book tells the story of one tribe who learned the importance of their own knowledge about the healing properties of the rainforest. It is based on a true story and has beautiful drawings that illustrate life deep in the Amazon rainforest.
by Lynne Cherry
Harcourt Brace and Company
$7.00
This is the story of a community of animals that live in a great Kapok tree in the Amazon rainforest. When a man comes to chop down the tree, he gets tired and falls asleep. The animals talk to him in his sleep asking telling him why the tree is so important and asking him many questions. Even a young child from the Yanomamo indigenous tribe talks to the sleeping man. Read the book to find out whether they are able to change his mind and keep him from cutting down the tree!
