costa rica

Examines family life in Costa Rica through a visit with eriberto, a nine-year-old boy living on an Indian reservation with his extended family, providing insights into Costa Rican cultural traditions, foods, and celebrations.

Presents a travel guide to Costa Rica, providing information about its history and culture, art and architecture, itineraries for walks, excursions, and trips off the beaten path, descriptions of significant sites, and practical advice on accommodations, dining, and transportation. Includes maps.

As a young girl and her mother watch the flocks of black birds preparing for their journey south, the mother dreams of returning to Costa Rica where she was born.

Visits Costa Rica and its lush rain forest, home to more than 50 percent of the world's wildlife. Shows the animals and plants which give such color and beauty to tropical rain forests and jungles.

Documents a young Costa Rican girl's daily life, highlighting her experiences at school, at home, and at play.

Presents an introduction to the geography of the Costa Rica, focusing on five major themes, including location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. Includes illustrations.

For five hundred years the Jaguar Cup, sacred to the Silver Jaguar Society, was hidden in a cave on the coast of Costa Rica--so when a fake copy shows up on display in America, it is up to Jos?, Anna, and Henry, junior members of the society, to travel to Costa Rica and rescue the real cup from thieves.

A strawberry poison frog travels through a Costa Rican rain forest searching for his territory.

Morpha, a Blue Morpho butterfly begins life in the rain forest of Costa Rica and describes the interdependence of plants and animals.