The remarkable rainforest
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"This book is not just for reading—it's an activity book packed with nature experiments, crafts, recipes, puzzles, riddles, mazes and quizzes. What better way to learn about the rainforests and their plight." Girls' Life "The Remarkable Rainforest is filled with fun and informative activities teaching what rainforests are, what kinds of plants and animals live in them, why the rainforests are important, how they are threatened, and how we can help save them. Ideal for home schooling as well as classroom use…." The Midwest Book Review "The Remarkable Rainforest brings children closer to nature. This colorful activity book is loaded with hands-on tips....Keeps kids entertained and informed." E: The Environmental Magazine "The Remarkable Rainforest...is a good resource for 4-through-8 grade teachers planning to include rainforest education in their curriculum....Kids learn about the physical environment of the rainforest, rainforest cultures, and causes of rainforest degradation. The guide explores the specific causes and consequences of rainforest destruction." Rainforest Action Network: World Rainforest Report "The Remarkable Rainforest combines learning about the environment and fun...to inform children about the plight of the world's rainforests." NEA Today (publication of the National Education Association) "This is a paperback book that is printed entirely in black and white and green. It is not only full of enough knowledge of the rainforest that my fourth grader is ready to make Save the Rainforest signs, but it has hands-on activities galore for all kinds of science projects and games." Lane Education Service, Helping Schools Help Kids "This book contains information and activities to help students learn about rainforests and what can be done to save them. Journal entries from the author's trip to Costa Rica are used to introduce new sections, while maps, photographs, and illustrations complement a simple scientific text. Every page provides some activity. In one experiment, students grow a pineapple to see how this type of plant catches water in its leaves." ENC: Curriculum Resources “My daughter has a greater appreciation of how she can help preserve the rainforests. She and several of her friends want to form a club to work on projects described in your book.” Elizabeth B., Conewago Elementary School, PA "My son Ivan loves your book. He wants to make his bedroom into a rainforest!” Suzanne W., Corpus Christi, TX |
exciting new editionThe new edition of The Remarkable Rainforest, completely updated and enlarged, includes:
author/adventurerToni Albert and her husband Bob Albert have explored rainforests in Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, and Granada. They hiked in rainforests with experienced guides and traveled by boat through the waterways that penetrate the forests. After their first adventure in Costa Rica, Ms Albert returned to their home in Pennsylvania, eager to write a book for kids that would communicate the incredible beauty of the rainforests and the critical need to preserve them.
Excerpt from the author’s "Rainforest Journal" The Remarkable Rainforest, pg 14: “When we finally hiked into the rainforest, it was like entering a great theater lit with green light. The audience was noisy though. There was a racket of hissing, croaking, calling, buzzing, peeping, and chirping. Toucans chattered in the balcony while an orchestra of insects tuned up strange instruments." |
inside the remarkable rainforest
The Remarkable Rainforest: An Active-Learning Book for Kids
by Toni Albert, illustrated by Ada Hanlon
The Remarkable Rainforest is so full of activities and information that kids can't help learning about the ecology of rainforests,
why they are important, how they are threatened, and how we can help save them.
The book invites children to:
by Toni Albert, illustrated by Ada Hanlon
The Remarkable Rainforest is so full of activities and information that kids can't help learning about the ecology of rainforests,
why they are important, how they are threatened, and how we can help save them.
The book invites children to:
- Learn how to get a "crocodile eye"
- Grow a mini-rainforest that makes its own rain
- Play "Save the Rainforest," a complete board game
- Make a paper bromeliad that holds a live tadpole
- Do rainforest nature experiments
- Go on a rainforest scavenger hunt
- Learn how to start a rainforest club
- Enjoy puzzles, riddles, quizzes, and mazes
- Do rainforest art activities and writing activities
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