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1) The Amazon
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
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 --
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
990L
Physical Desc
144 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Where in the world will you find 427 different types of mammals, 1,294 birds, 2,200 fishes, 378 reptiles, 428 amphibians, and about 1 million insects? The Amazon Rainforest, of course! Get lost in the largest rainforest in the world to climb trees that are 500 years old, swim with a pink dolphin, avoid the deadly poison dart frogs, and sleep with a troop of twenty howler monkeys. In What's Up in the Amazon Rainforest, you'll learn all about the plants...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
1050L
Physical Desc
65 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."--
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follow along on this Rain Forest adventure as the Angry Birds explore the jungle from forest floor to the tips of the treetops. Meet awesome animals and learn fantastic facts as the birds discover just why this delicate ecosystem is so important to our planet.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, color foldout map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is ...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of...
Author
Publisher
Crocodile Books, and Imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"A picture book that tells the important story of Chico Mendes, who led the fight to protect the Amazon rainforest and demand fair treatment for the people whose livelihoods depended on it. Chico Mendes lived in the depths of the Amazon rainforest where trees grew tall and strong and wildlife roamed freely. From the age of 8, Chico worked with his father collecting sap from trees that could be sold to make rubber. Rubber tappers were very poor and...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
GN 590L
Physical Desc
32 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle. At the age of 57, Fawcett, his 21-year-old son Jack, and Jack's friend Raleigh Rimell left on a quest to find the Lost City of Z. The three men were never heard from again. Untangle the clues they left behind"--
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
Español
Description
Una inspiradora historia real sobre cómo una activista trabajó en la Amazonía con otras comunidades indígenas para proteger y preservar sus tierras y selvas sagradas.
"One activist's story shows how Indigenous communities can fight to protect their sacred lands-and win"--
12) In the jungle
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explore the wonders of the rainforest, learn about the land, the people, the plants, and the animals of this wet region.
15) Amazon explorers
Author
Series
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book examines how researchers are learning about the rain forest's plants and animals, what discoveries are being made in the Amazon, and how people are working to combat the effects of deforestation and climate change. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
16) South America
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
1020L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Take a captivating journey across the continent of South America to view the incredible array of plants and animals that live, hunt, and hide in South America's distinct habitats. Stunning photographs take you deep inside the Amazon rain forest, across the wide pampas grasslands, by spectacular waterfalls, and high up in Andean lakes" -- Provided by publisher.