rain forests

Bamboo, Velvet, and Beak discuss what they have eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Bamboo, Velvet, and Beak observe a beautiful flower from sunrise, when it unfurls, until late in the day.

Bamboo, a young panda who is afraid of dragonflies, promises to be more understanding after his friend Velvet, a zebra, provides him with some facts about the fragile insects.

Sitting on a log in their magical rainforest home, Bamboo, Velvet, and Beak encounter a scary creeping vine.

Contains activities and experiments that teach about the animals, plants, and geography of rain forests.

Uses flaps to enable the reader to create different scenes of rain forest animals, plants, and people, each accompanied by matching text on facing pages.

Explains what a rain forest is and where they are found, the dangers they face, and the importance of protecting their unique plant and animal life.

"Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home--and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life. Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia's origin--a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever"--.

Describes the geography, geology, climates, types, life, ecology, peoples, biodiversity, and management of tropical forest biomes, discusses threats to tropical forests, and includes photographs, charts, illustrations, a glossary, and an index.

In question-and-answer format, this book describes the living and nonliving things in a rain forest.