Author: Greg Pyers
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410905116
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Presents a tour of the Amazon rain forest, discusses the characteristics of tropical rain forests, and introduces the concept of rain forest layers, and the different plants and animals that live in each zone.
Rain Forest Explorer
Author: Greg Pyers
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410905116
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Presents a tour of the Amazon rain forest, discusses the characteristics of tropical rain forests, and introduces the concept of rain forest layers, and the different plants and animals that live in each zone.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410905116
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Presents a tour of the Amazon rain forest, discusses the characteristics of tropical rain forests, and introduces the concept of rain forest layers, and the different plants and animals that live in each zone.
Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer
Author: Nancy Honovich
Publisher: becker&mayer! kids
ISBN: 0760355428
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Greetings adventurer! Are you prepared to delve deep in the Amazon jungle? Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer will take you to a place where awe-inspiring adventure awaits... but so does danger! The world’s most massive rain forest promises both beauty and peril. Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer presents young readers with the thrilling tales of famed explorer Harold Bennington. Harold has just returned from an exciting research expedition where he recorded his observations of the most magnificent creatures he has ever encountered. From pink river dolphins, to blood-drinking vampire bats, to fierce jaguars, these rare, beautiful beasts are described so vividly they seem to pounce off the page! Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer comes complete with illustrations, maps, photos, and facts, making it the perfect companion for any aspiring adventurer. As an added bonus, each of Mr. Bennington's eight animal profiles come with assembly instructions and all the materials you need to make your own 3-D model.
Publisher: becker&mayer! kids
ISBN: 0760355428
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Greetings adventurer! Are you prepared to delve deep in the Amazon jungle? Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer will take you to a place where awe-inspiring adventure awaits... but so does danger! The world’s most massive rain forest promises both beauty and peril. Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer presents young readers with the thrilling tales of famed explorer Harold Bennington. Harold has just returned from an exciting research expedition where he recorded his observations of the most magnificent creatures he has ever encountered. From pink river dolphins, to blood-drinking vampire bats, to fierce jaguars, these rare, beautiful beasts are described so vividly they seem to pounce off the page! Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer comes complete with illustrations, maps, photos, and facts, making it the perfect companion for any aspiring adventurer. As an added bonus, each of Mr. Bennington's eight animal profiles come with assembly instructions and all the materials you need to make your own 3-D model.
3-D Explorer: Rain Forest
Author: Joe Fullman
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
ISBN: 9781684123353
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Let’s explore! Discover the wonders of the rain forests from dazzling blue morpho butterflies in the Amazon Basin to fruit bats high in the emergent layer in this unique guide featuring five amazing 3-D pop-up scenes. The rain forests are bursting with life! Covering just 6 percent of the Earth’s surface, rain forests are home to more than 60 percent of all known animal species. From the riverbed to the treetops, kids can explore the many fascinating layers of the rain forest in 3-D Explorer: Rain Forest. This amazing book gives kids a close-up view of the plants and animals that inhabit the dense jungles. Filled with engaging facts and spectacular photography, this book also features five dramatic 3-D pop-up scenes with transparent layers that reveal the secrets of each rain forest zone.
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
ISBN: 9781684123353
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Let’s explore! Discover the wonders of the rain forests from dazzling blue morpho butterflies in the Amazon Basin to fruit bats high in the emergent layer in this unique guide featuring five amazing 3-D pop-up scenes. The rain forests are bursting with life! Covering just 6 percent of the Earth’s surface, rain forests are home to more than 60 percent of all known animal species. From the riverbed to the treetops, kids can explore the many fascinating layers of the rain forest in 3-D Explorer: Rain Forest. This amazing book gives kids a close-up view of the plants and animals that inhabit the dense jungles. Filled with engaging facts and spectacular photography, this book also features five dramatic 3-D pop-up scenes with transparent layers that reveal the secrets of each rain forest zone.
People of the Rainforest
Author: John Hemming
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1787382990
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
In 1945, three young brothers joined and eventually led Brazil's first government-sponsored expedition into its Amazonian rainforests. After more expeditions into unknown terrain, they became South America's most famous explorers, spending the rest of their lives with the resilient tribal communities they found there. People of the Rainforest recounts the Villas Boas brothers' four thrilling and dangerous 'first contacts' with isolated indigenous people, and their lifelong mission to learn about their societies and, above all, help them adapt to modern Brazil without losing their cultural heritage, identity and pride. Author and explorer John Hemming vividly traces the unique adventures of these extraordinary brothers, who used their fame to change attitudes to native peoples and to help protect the world's surviving tropical rainforests, under threat again today.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1787382990
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
In 1945, three young brothers joined and eventually led Brazil's first government-sponsored expedition into its Amazonian rainforests. After more expeditions into unknown terrain, they became South America's most famous explorers, spending the rest of their lives with the resilient tribal communities they found there. People of the Rainforest recounts the Villas Boas brothers' four thrilling and dangerous 'first contacts' with isolated indigenous people, and their lifelong mission to learn about their societies and, above all, help them adapt to modern Brazil without losing their cultural heritage, identity and pride. Author and explorer John Hemming vividly traces the unique adventures of these extraordinary brothers, who used their fame to change attitudes to native peoples and to help protect the world's surviving tropical rainforests, under threat again today.
Rain Rain Rainforest
Author: Brenda Z. Guiberson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805065824
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Take a journey through a rain forest, investigating the plants and animals that dwell there.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805065824
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Take a journey through a rain forest, investigating the plants and animals that dwell there.
One River
Author: Wade Davis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439126836
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history. In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two prize students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis, to follow in his footsteps and unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorious source of cocaine, a sacred plant known to the Inca as the Divine Leaf of Immortality. A stunning account of adventure and discovery, betrayal and destruction, One River is a story of two generations of explorers drawn together by the transcendent knowledge of Indian peoples, the visionary realms of the shaman, and the extraordinary plants that sustain all life in a forest that once stood immense and inviolable.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439126836
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history. In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two prize students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis, to follow in his footsteps and unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorious source of cocaine, a sacred plant known to the Inca as the Divine Leaf of Immortality. A stunning account of adventure and discovery, betrayal and destruction, One River is a story of two generations of explorers drawn together by the transcendent knowledge of Indian peoples, the visionary realms of the shaman, and the extraordinary plants that sustain all life in a forest that once stood immense and inviolable.
Ultimate Spotlight: Rain Forest Animals
Author: Sandra Laboucarie
Publisher: Twirl
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
How do animals live in and adapt to life in the rain forest? Turn the page to reveal a grand pop-up with the different layers of the rain forest, rotate the wheel to see bonobos at play, and open big flaps to uncover the creatures at night. Filled with surprising details and strikingly beautiful illustrations, this interactive book is a must-have for young nature enthusiasts! The Ultimate Spotlight&; books have all the fun, facts, and hands-on action of the incredibly successful Ultimate Books&; series, but in a focused, more compact, and affordable format. Flaps, pull-tabs, and many other moveable parts appeal to children and provide an exciting inside look at various subjects. Filled with engaging text and surprising details, this collection of books provides hours of discovery.
Publisher: Twirl
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
How do animals live in and adapt to life in the rain forest? Turn the page to reveal a grand pop-up with the different layers of the rain forest, rotate the wheel to see bonobos at play, and open big flaps to uncover the creatures at night. Filled with surprising details and strikingly beautiful illustrations, this interactive book is a must-have for young nature enthusiasts! The Ultimate Spotlight&; books have all the fun, facts, and hands-on action of the incredibly successful Ultimate Books&; series, but in a focused, more compact, and affordable format. Flaps, pull-tabs, and many other moveable parts appeal to children and provide an exciting inside look at various subjects. Filled with engaging text and surprising details, this collection of books provides hours of discovery.
Rainforest Medicine
Author: Jonathon Miller Weisberger
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 158394608X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Chronicling the practices, legends, and wisdom of the vanishing traditions of the upper Amazon, this book reveals the area's indigenous peoples' approach to living in harmony with the natural world. Rainforest Medicine features in-depth essays on plant-based medicine and indigenous science from four distinct Amazonian societies: deep forest and urban, lowland rainforest and mountain. The book is illustrated with unique botanical and cultural drawings by Secoya elder and traditional healer Agustin Payaguaje and horticulturalist Thomas Y. Wang as well as by the author himself. Payaguaje shares his sincere imaginal view into the spiritual life of the Secoya; plates of petroglyphs from the sacred valley of Cotundo relate to an ancient language, and other illustrations show traditional Secoya ayahuasca symbols and indigenous origin myths. Two color sections showcase photos of the plants and people of the region, and include plates of previously unpublished full-color paintings by Pablo Cesar Amaringo (1938-2009), an acclaimed Peruvian artist renowned for his intricate, colorful depictions of his visions from drinking the entheogenic plant brew, ayahuasca ("vine of the soul" in Quechua languages). Today the once-dense mysterious rainforest realms are under assault as the indiscriminate colonial frontier of resource extraction moves across the region; as the forest disappears, the traditional human legacy of sustainable utilization of this rich ecosystem is also being buried under modern realities. With over 20 years experience of ground-level environmental and cultural conservation, author Jonathon Miller Weisberger's commitment to preserving the fascinating, unfathomably precious relics of the indigenous legacy shines through. Chief among these treasures is the "shimmering" "golden" plant-medicine science of ayahuasca or yajé, a rainforest vine that was popularized in the 1950s by Western travelers such as William Burroughs and Alan Ginsberg. It has been sampled, reviled, and celebrated by outsiders ever since. Currently sought after by many in the industrialized West for its powerful psychotropic and life-transforming effects, this sacred brew is often imbibed by visitors to the upper Amazon and curious seekers in faraway venues, sometimes with little to no working knowledge of its principles and precepts. Perceiving that there is an evident need for in-depth information on ayahuasca if it is to be used beyond its traditional context for healing and spiritual illumination in the future, Miller Weisberger focuses on the fundamental knowledge and practices that guide the use of ayahuasca in indigenous cultures. Weaving first-person narrative with anthropological and ethnobotanical information, Rainforest Medicine aims to preserve both the record and ongoing reality of ayahuasca's unique tradition and, of course, the priceless forest that gave birth to these sacred vines. Featuring words from Amazonian shamans--the living torchbearers of these sophisticated spiritual practices--the book stands as testimony to this sacred plant medicine's power in shaping and healing individuals, communities, and nature alike.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 158394608X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Chronicling the practices, legends, and wisdom of the vanishing traditions of the upper Amazon, this book reveals the area's indigenous peoples' approach to living in harmony with the natural world. Rainforest Medicine features in-depth essays on plant-based medicine and indigenous science from four distinct Amazonian societies: deep forest and urban, lowland rainforest and mountain. The book is illustrated with unique botanical and cultural drawings by Secoya elder and traditional healer Agustin Payaguaje and horticulturalist Thomas Y. Wang as well as by the author himself. Payaguaje shares his sincere imaginal view into the spiritual life of the Secoya; plates of petroglyphs from the sacred valley of Cotundo relate to an ancient language, and other illustrations show traditional Secoya ayahuasca symbols and indigenous origin myths. Two color sections showcase photos of the plants and people of the region, and include plates of previously unpublished full-color paintings by Pablo Cesar Amaringo (1938-2009), an acclaimed Peruvian artist renowned for his intricate, colorful depictions of his visions from drinking the entheogenic plant brew, ayahuasca ("vine of the soul" in Quechua languages). Today the once-dense mysterious rainforest realms are under assault as the indiscriminate colonial frontier of resource extraction moves across the region; as the forest disappears, the traditional human legacy of sustainable utilization of this rich ecosystem is also being buried under modern realities. With over 20 years experience of ground-level environmental and cultural conservation, author Jonathon Miller Weisberger's commitment to preserving the fascinating, unfathomably precious relics of the indigenous legacy shines through. Chief among these treasures is the "shimmering" "golden" plant-medicine science of ayahuasca or yajé, a rainforest vine that was popularized in the 1950s by Western travelers such as William Burroughs and Alan Ginsberg. It has been sampled, reviled, and celebrated by outsiders ever since. Currently sought after by many in the industrialized West for its powerful psychotropic and life-transforming effects, this sacred brew is often imbibed by visitors to the upper Amazon and curious seekers in faraway venues, sometimes with little to no working knowledge of its principles and precepts. Perceiving that there is an evident need for in-depth information on ayahuasca if it is to be used beyond its traditional context for healing and spiritual illumination in the future, Miller Weisberger focuses on the fundamental knowledge and practices that guide the use of ayahuasca in indigenous cultures. Weaving first-person narrative with anthropological and ethnobotanical information, Rainforest Medicine aims to preserve both the record and ongoing reality of ayahuasca's unique tradition and, of course, the priceless forest that gave birth to these sacred vines. Featuring words from Amazonian shamans--the living torchbearers of these sophisticated spiritual practices--the book stands as testimony to this sacred plant medicine's power in shaping and healing individuals, communities, and nature alike.
Into the Rainforest
Author: Nicholas Harris
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780783547855
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Uses flaps to enable the reader to create different scenes of rain forest animals, plants, and people, each accompanied by matching text on facing pages.
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780783547855
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Uses flaps to enable the reader to create different scenes of rain forest animals, plants, and people, each accompanied by matching text on facing pages.
The Explorer
Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481419471
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
From Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes. Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they’re on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481419471
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
From Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes. Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they’re on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret.