jungles

Compares and contrasts the plants, animals, and indigenous peoples of the world's rainforests by continent, exploring secrets of survival in the forest and examining how human exploitation threatens these diverse habitats. Also includes a companion digital book with extra activities.

Provides an introduction to rain forest ecosystems, explains what food chains are, follows the food chain in a rain forest habitat from the sun, to plants, to herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and scavengers, examines a rain forest food web, and looks at threats to rain forests.

Describes characteristics of a rainforest, and details the people, plant life, and animals of the Amazon Rainforest.

Follows the travels of XYZ, the ant, as he explores the lush vegetation and unusual animals that make their home in the rainforest.

Profiles this incredible habitat, both the forest and the river, including the birds, animals, and insects that live there to the nine South American countries it extends across.

Bruce Wayne is at a meeting in Brazil, when he hears that people are disappearing from the local villages, apparently victims of a legendary giant bat--but when Batman investigates he finds Man-Bat and Poison Ivy, and must find a way to stop them, and still come up with a plan to accomplish Ivy's goal of protecting the rainforest from destruction. Written in graphic-novel format.

Now a famous movie star, Youpala recalls how she came to make her first film.

Tells the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle.

"Discusses the rainforest ecosystem and the types of plants and animals that live in this environment."--OCLC.

"Highlights the activities of animals in the Amazon rain forest during one average 24-hour period"--Provided by publisher.