Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce readers to the complex web of life that exists inside the world's rain forests, describing the plants, animals, birds, and insects that rely on one another to survive in the rain forests.
Explores the rain forest ecosystem, explaining what rain forests are and where they are found, looking at plant and animal life in each of the four layers of the rain forest, and discussing threats to rain forest environments.
Explores the mysterious green jungles of the tropics which receive one hundred or more inches of rain per year and which are home to a tremendous variety of plants and animals.
Describes the geography, plant and animal life, mineral resources, destruction, and environmental protection of the world's rain forests and how people live in this ecosystem.
Takes readers on a walk through a tropical rain forest, showing examples of how the animals and plants depend on each other and their environment to survive.