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2) Rain forests
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to rain forests. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Under the canopy of the rainforest, hundreds of animals make their homes--from the slender parrot snake to the colorful poison dart frog. But up in the trees hides a whole other world, where toucans and pale-billed woodpeckers chatter and call, capuchin monkeys swing from the vines, and sleek-furred jaguars rule the night. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden among the roots, above the winding rivers ... and under...
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Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 6
Description
Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.
5) Rainforests
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Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Find out what a rainforest is and what kinds of plants and animals call the rainforests home"-- Provided by publisher.
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Description
In a locked Honolulu office building, three men are found dead with no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye. In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being discovered; they...
7) Amazon
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
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.-- Provided by publisher.
8) The explorer
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Description
Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
It's the last day of school before the winter holidays and the kids take a trip to Murph's recycling plant. The kids learn how recycling helps the earth in "Holiday special" ; in "All dried up" Phoebe goes on a crusade to save the animals and plants of the desert - and discovers how well they take care of themselves ; in "In the rainforest" kids goes to the rainforest on Earth Day to discover how cocoa pods, mud puddles and bugs all play a part in...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 53
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2011
Description
"I, Geronimo Stilton, was off to the wildest part of Brazil - the Amazon jungle! I ended up on a hunt for a rare crystal treasure, which was stolen from a native tribe in the heart of the forest. I'd encounter alligators, snakes, piranhas, and other dangers on my way. Holey cheese! What an adventure!" -- Back cover.
11) Monkey time
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Monkey tries to catch the brightly colored--and tasty-looking--minutes on the minute tree in his forest. Introduces basic concepts about time and how time passes and is measured"-- Provided by publisher. Includes facts about each animal pictured and an introduction to measuring time.
12) Blood sun
Author
Series
Danger zone volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Formats
Description
Desperate to uncover the secret of his mother's death, fifteen-year-old Max Gordon, pursued by enemies, travels from the bleakness of Dartmoor to the rainforest of Central America, where the environmental devastation hides a sinister secret.
14) The rundown
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Description
Beck is anxious to retire from his bounty hunter work, but his boss, Walker, has one more "retrieval" job for him. He sends Beck into the Brazilian rainforest to bring back his wayward son, Travis. Travis is there looking for a gold statue, which he could sell for millions if he finds it. The powerful Hatcher owns the area's huge mine, and feels that anything found in the area is his property. He refuses to let Beck take Travis back to the U.S. until...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 32
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The Thea Sisters are off to save the rainforest in Malaysia!
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
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Description
Inspired by Caribbean folklore, eighteen-year-old Selena gets pulled into a string of mysterious murders on her island home.
Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not believe in magic. With a logical mind and a knack for botany, Selina used to dream of leaving the island to study Pharmacology—until a vicious, unsolved attack left her father dead and her mother in a coma. Now her guilt over her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Who lives in the rain forest? Shin a light behind the page and see ... Explore a rain forest habitat up close and you will find a world filled with great surprises. From tree frogs living inside plants to stealthy jaguars on the forest floor, the hidden wonders of this amazing habitat are revealed.-- ǂc Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 5
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
The Secret Explorers head to the Borneo rainforest on a mission to rescue a lost baby orangutan. Along the way, they learn about threats to the rainforest--especially from greedy plantation owners to want to cut down the rainforest to expand palm oil production.
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The true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing 1914 exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights...
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