amazon river region

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.

Describes the geography, wildlife, and people of the Amazon River and its drainage basin.

Answers questions about the indigenous people of the Amazon region, discussing their religion, language, customs, and culture.

When visitors are killed at the New York Museum of Natural History before the opening of the Superstition exhibition, graduate student Margo Green discovers a link between the killings, a tragic archaeological trip to the Amazon Basin, and a figurine from the exhibit.

This book is an introduction to the Amazon rain forest, describing the exploration of Francisco de Orellana and Henry Bates.

Simple text and color photographs introduce readers to basic information about the Amazon rain forest, its plants and animals, and how humans use its resources.