Eight-year-old Jack, his sister, Annie, and Peanut, the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon Rain Forest where they encounter giant ants, piranhas, jaguars, and a hungry crocodile.
The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.
Eight-year old Omar Castillo fulfills his dream of visiting the endangered rain forest of southern Mexico and wins an audience with the president of Mexico to express his concern.
From the tops of the tropical trees to the forest floor, this book shows the interrelationships of plants and animals that thrive at each level of an Amazon rain forest.
Tells the true story of Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land.