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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-10015200520X
ISBN-139780152005207
eBay Product ID (ePID)10038270653
Product Key Features
Book TitleGreat Kapok Tree : a Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
Number of Pages40 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1990
TopicScience & Nature / Environmental Science & Ecosystems, People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America, Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects, Nature & The Natural World / General (See Also Headings under Animals), General
IllustratorYes, Cherry, Lynne
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
AuthorLynne Cherry
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight14.7 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN89-002208
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsExceptionally colorful, bright and full of life....Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time.-People. "Spectacular."-School Library Journal, "Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life. . . . Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time."e" People "Spectacular."e" School Library Journal "This modern fable with its urgent message contains an abundance of information."-- The Horn Book, "Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life. . . . Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time."-- People "Spectacular."-- School Library Journal "This modern fable with its urgent message contains an abundance of information."-- The Horn Book, In this breathtakingly beautiful picture book, Cherry combines illustrations that reveal a naturalist's reverence for beauty with a mythlike story that explains the ecological importance of saving the rain forests. The text is not a didactic treatise, but a simply told story about a man who falls asleep while chopping down a kapok tree. The forest's inhabitants--snakes, butterflies, a jaguar, and finally a child--each whisper in his ear about the terrible consequences of living in "a world without trees" or beauty, about the interconnectedness of all living things. When the man awakens and sees all the extraordinary creatures around him, he leaves his ax and "walks out of the rain forest." A map showing the earth's endangered forests and the creatures that dwell within ends the book which, like the rain forests themselves, is "wondrous and rare." Ages 4-8., Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life....Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time.People. "Spectacular."School Library Journal, "Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life. . . . Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time."' People "Spectacular."' School Library Journal "This modern fable with its urgent message contains an abundance of information."-- The Horn Book, "Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life. Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time." -- People "Spectacular." -- School Library Journal "This modern fable with its urgent message contains an abundance of information." -- The Horn Book, "Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life. . . . Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time."-- People "Spectacular."-- School Library Journal "This modern fable with its urgent message contains an abundance of information."-- The Horn Book, "Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life. . . . Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time."- People "Spectacular."- School Library Journal "This modern fable with its urgent message contains an abundance of information."-- The Horn Book
Grade FromPreschool
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
Grade ToThird Grade
SynopsisA modern fable with an urgent message for young environmentalists. "Spectacular." ( School Library Journal) Lynne Cherry journeyed deep into the rain forests of Brazil to write and illustrate this gorgeous picture book about a man who exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant kapok tree. While he sleeps, the forest's residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the importance of trees and how "all living things depend on one another" . . . and it works. Cherry's lovingly rendered colored pencil and watercolor drawings of all the "wondrous and rare animals" evoke the lush rain forests. Features stunning world maps bordered by detailed illustrations of fascinating rainforest creatures. An IRA Teacher's Choice * ABA Pick of the Lists * Reading Rainbow Review Book * NSTA-CBC Outstanding Trade Book for Children, The author and artist Lynne Cherry journeyed deep into the rain forests of Brazil to write and illustrate her gorgeous picture book The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (1990). One day, a man exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant kapok tree. While he sleeps, the forest's residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the importance of trees and how "all living things depend on one another" . . . and it works. Cherry's lovingly rendered colored pencil and watercolor drawings of all the "wondrous and rare animals" evoke the lush rain forests, as well as stunning world maps bordered by tree porcupines, emerald tree boas, and dozens more fascinating creatures. Awards: IRA Teacher's Choice (1991), ABA's Pick of the Lists, Reading Rainbow Review Book, NSTA-CBC Outstanding Trade Book for Children, A modern fable with an urgent message for young environmentalists. "Spectacular." (School Library Journal) Lynne Cherry journeyed deep into the rain forests of Brazil to write and illustrate this gorgeous picture book about a man who exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant kapok tree. While he sleeps, the forest's residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the importance of trees and how "all living things depend on one another" . . . and it works. Cherry's lovingly rendered colored pencil and watercolor drawings of all the "wondrous and rare animals" evoke the lush rain forests. Features stunning world maps bordered by detailed illustrations of fascinating rainforest creatures. An IRA Teacher's Choice * ABA Pick of the Lists * Reading Rainbow Review Book * NSTA-CBC Outstanding Trade Book for Children
LC Classification NumberPZ7.C4199Gr 1990
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