Plants and planteaters

Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs, the rainforests are of vital importance to the planet and to the many indigenous p…

The tropical rain forest : a web of life

Discusses the ecological life and inhabitants of the tropical rain forest, including plants, animals, and how they live and work together.

Rain forests : a nonfiction companion to Afternoon on the Amazon

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie!! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #5: Afternoon on the Amazon, they had lots of questions. How much rain falls in a rain forest?…

A teacher's guide to A Walk in the Rainforest

Based on Pratt-Serafini’s picture book favorite for rain forest study, A Walk in the Rainforest, this guide includes lessons about habitat, interdependency of species, the rain forest water cycle, native peoples, oxygen generation, and much more.

Explore the tropical rain forest

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780736864077

Collation

32 pages : illustration : 22 cm

Series Title

Explore the biomes

Call Number

577.3 TAG

Rain forest food chains

"The foliage is eaten by a mouse that's eaten by a bat that's eaten by a snake. This book explores the species and food chains and webs within a rain forest habitat, and discusses why these food chains and webs need to be protected."

The Usborne little book of seas & oceans

Discusses the world's oceans, the animals that live in them, and human use, abuse, and exploration of them.

First nature book

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780746085158

Collation

47 pages : illustration ; 30 cm

Series Title

Usborne Farmyard Tales

Call Number

508 LAC

Oceans

Earth's oceans cover 70 per cent of its surface, and in this book you will find all you need to know about how they were formed and what they contain, the special characteristics of ocean wildlife both in shallow, sunlit water and in the dark depths, the effects of ocean currents, and how people use and abuse ocean resources. 'Location files' are mini case studies that focus on places with a pa…

The sea is salty : and other questions about the oceans

A further title from the question and answer series I WONDER WHY, with colour artwork and cartoons, an examination of the physical geography of seashores, islands and oceans, the animals that live in the oceans and human exploration of deep water, with unusual facts and analogies.