Download or read book Henry saves the rainforest written by Benni Over and published by Papierfresserchens MTM-Verlag. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A movement must be set in motion ...Henry, a little orangutan, lives happily and in content with his mother in the rainforests of the island of Borneo. But he has to learn soon enough that his home and his fellow orangutans are threatened by deforestation as well as land clearance by slash-and-burn. In order to find allies and protect his habitat, Henry sets off on a long journey around the globe. But will this help him save his beloved rainforest?
Download or read book In the Heart of the Amazon Forest written by Henry Walter Bates and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most impressive of all Victorian scientists but also a marvellous writer, Bates' (1825-1892) account of his years in the upper reaches of the Amazon is almost too good to be true - a great monument to human inquisitiveness as he battles great hoards of malevolent reptiles and insects in his quest for ever more obscure specimens on ever more narrow and creeper-choked tributaries. Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries – but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging with writers who saw astounding things: Great civilisations, walls of ice, violent and implacable jungles, deserts and mountains, multitudes of birds and flowers new to science. Reading these books is to see the world afresh, to rediscover a time when many cultures were quite strange to each other, where legends and stories were treated as facts and in which so much was still to be discovered.
Download or read book Henry Explores the Jungle written by Mark Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When a little boy sets off with his dog and wooden gun to explore the jungle, his mother doesn't believe he will catch a tiger as he claims he will. But neither he nor his mother know a circus tiger has escaped!"--Google Books.
Download or read book Through the Arc of the Rain Forest written by Karen Tei Yamashita and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." —New York Times Book Review "Dazzling . . . a seamless mixture of magic realism, satire and futuristic fiction." —San Francisco Chronicle "Impressive . . . a flight of fancy through a dreamlike Brazil." —Village Voice "Surreal and misty, sweeping from one high-voltage scene to another." —LA Weekly "Amuses and frightens at the same time." —Newsday "Incisive and funny, this book yanks our chains and makes us see the absurdity that rules our world." —Booklist (starred review) "Expansive and ambitious . . . incredible and complicated." —Library Journal "This satiric morality play about the destruction of the Amazon rain forest unfolds with a diversity and fecundity equal to its setting. . . . Yamashita seems to have thrown into the pot everything she knows and most that she can imagine—all to good effect." —Publishers Weekly A Japanese man with a ball floating six inches in front of his head, an American CEO with three arms, and a Brazilian peasant who discovers the art of healing by tickling one's earlobe, rise to the heights of wealth and fame, before arriving at disasters—both personal and ecological—that destroy the rain forest and all the birds of Brazil. Karen Tei Yamashita is the author of Through the Arc of the Rain Forest, Brazil-Maru, Tropic of Orange, Circle K Cycles, I Hotel, and Anime Wong, all published by Coffee House Press. I Hotel was selected as a finalist for the National Book Award and awarded the California Book Award, the American Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Award, and the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award.
Download or read book Balancing Reading Language Learning written by Mary Cappellini and published by Stenhouse Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Combining the best classroom practices and research on teaching reading and language acquisition, Mary Cappellini integrates effective reading instruction with effective language instruction. Through the framework of a balanced reading program, she emphasizes the importance of constantly listening for and assessing children's language and reading strategies during read-aloud, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading, including literature circles."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Rain Rain Rain Forest written by Brenda Z. Guiberson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes a journey through a rain forest, investigating the plants and animals that dwell there.
Download or read book People of the Rainforest written by John Hemming and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945, three young brothers joined and eventually led Brazil's first government-sponsored expedition into its Amazonian rainforests. After more expeditions into unknown terrain, they became South America's most famous explorers, spending the rest of their lives with the resilient tribal communities they found there. People of the Rainforest recounts the Villas Boas brothers' four thrilling and dangerous 'first contacts' with isolated indigenous people, and their lifelong mission to learn about their societies and, above all, help them adapt to modern Brazil without losing their cultural heritage, identity and pride. Author and explorer John Hemming vividly traces the unique adventures of these extraordinary brothers, who used their fame to change attitudes to native peoples and to help protect the world's surviving tropical rainforests, under threat again today.
Download or read book Real Kids Real Stories Real Change written by Garth Sundem and published by Free Spirit Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Tilly saved lives in Thailand by warning people that a tsunami was coming. Fifteen-year-old Malika fought against segregation in her Alabama town. Ten-year-old Jean-Dominic won a battle against pesticides—and the cancer they caused in his body. Six-year-old Ryan raised $800,000 to drill water wells in Africa. And twelve-year-old Haruka invented a new environmentally friendly way to scoop dog poop. With the right role models, any child can be a hero. Thirty true stories profile kids who used their heads, their hearts, their courage, and sometimes their stubbornness to help others and do extraordinary things. As young readers meet these boys and girls from around the world, they may wonder, “What kind of hero lives inside of me?”
Download or read book Environmental Studies written by Diane M. Fortner and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for young people who are just beginning to develop an awareness about one planet, one people, and one home. Includes nature writings, legal history, current news, and a prediction for the future.
Download or read book Keepers of Life written by Michael J. Caduto and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary curriculum in botany and plant ecology focuses on environmental and stewardship issues using the framework of Native American stories as an introduction to the topics.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Geography written by R. W. McColl and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comprehensive guide to the geography of the world, with world maps and articles on cartography, notable explorers, climate and more.
Download or read book Step Inside the Rain Forest written by Meish Goldish and published by Newbridge Educational Publishing. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the animals and plants that live in a rain forest.
Download or read book La Selva written by Lucinda A. McDade and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-03-18 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abiotic environment and ecosystem processes; The plant community: Composition, dynamics, and life-history processes; The animal community; Plant-animal interactions; La selva's human environment.
Download or read book Earth Odyssey written by Mark Hertsgaard and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 1999 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on his extensive investigation of the global environmental crisis, in which he explored five continents, "Earth Odyssey" recounts Hertsgaard's search for the answer to the essential question of our time: Is the future of the human species at risk?
Download or read book Henry the Impatient Heron written by Donna Love and published by Sylvan Dell Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry the heron couldn't stand still. He was always moving, and it drove everyone crazy. All herons have to stand still to catch their food, so how would Henry ever be able to eat on his own? Henry learns a valuable lesson from the King of Camouflage, which teaches the importance of just being still. Includes "For Creative Minds" educational section.
Download or read book Tropical Rainforests written by Susan E. Place and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging awareness of the plight of the rainforests of Central and South America has catapaulted this issue to the forefront of global environmental concerns. As understanding has increased, so has the contention between the various groups that have a stake in the forest. Developers, environmentalists, governments and the landless poor whose livelihood depends on the rainforest all have contributed to the debate on how to address this problem.
Download or read book The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth written by EarthWorks Group and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spirit of "An Inconvenient Truth," John Javna and his 14-year-old daughter, Sophie, offer 50 environmentally inspired, kid-powered approaches to reducing waste and improving the world.
