amazon river region

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.

Provides information about the unusual animals of the Amazon and the habitats in which they live, discussing the the green anaconda, the giant river otter, and the red howler monkey.

Describes more than seventy species of plants and animals that are found in the four layers of the Amazon rain forest.

Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the unconquered, the last survivors of an ancient culture that predates the arrival of Columbus. Journalist Scott Wallace chronicles an expedition into the Amazon's uncharted depths, discovering the rainforest's secrets while moving ever closer to a possible encounter with one such tribe of seldom-glimpsed warriors known to repulse all intruders with showers of deadly arrows.

Describes the Amazon River, the plants, animals, and native peoples supported by it, and the threats to its future.

Simple text and full-color photographs provide an introduction to the animals found in the Amazon, such as monkeys and dolphins.

The author describes his experience walking the entire length of the Amazon River over the course of 860 days. Includes color photographs.

This photoessay gives young readers a glimpse of the lives of the Yanomami, a people who are vanishing because foreigners are destroying the land and the waters in order to mine gold.

Describes what it would be like to search for a lost city in the Amazon River Region.

A chronicle of the exploration of the Amazon since Europeans discovered it in 1500, covering the history, myths, and legends associated with explorers, scientists, indigenous peoples, and activists.