amazon river region

Color photographs with text reveal the life of Amazon River area primates.

Relates the life story of a man who worked tapping rubber trees, and worked to save the Brazilian rainforests.

"Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River ... 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."--.

"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 and animals, as well as the people that live there and the habitat itself"--Provided by publisher.

"Explore the Amazon rain forest and learn all about what it's like to live in this biome, from what kinds of plants and animals live there to what kinds of weather it receives"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the ecosystem, environment, and conservation of the Amazon rain forest, describing animals that live at each of the forest's levels, ground to treetop.

Join Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa on an adventure when they visit the Amazon rainforest and end up in the midst of a mystery, which takes them through a maze of ancient ruins at the famous city of Machu Picchu.

"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 insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. 'Where Is the Amazon?' reveals the amazing scale of a single rainforest that we are still trying to understand today and that, in many ways, supports our existence on this planet"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the story of how geothermal scientist Andr?s Ruzo found the no-longer mythical "boiling river" in the Amazon Rainforest, a place in a river where the waters are so hot that locals are said to brew tea in them. Discusses the political and environmental aspects of protecting this geothermal phenomenon.

"The Princess of the Springs must stand up for herself and find her scattered family amongst the great giants of the world"--Provided by publisher.