Rainforests

by Kate Riggs

Overview

The popular Seedlings series offers irresistible introductions to animals, birds, sea life, insects, eco systems, and an array of transporation. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos, and featuring text crafted for the youngest of readers, these books spotlight the bodies, behaviors, and habitats of living things and the parts, operation, and roles of vehicles. As introductions to informational text, these titles will plant the seeds of knowledge! A kindergarten-level introduction to rainforests, covering their climate, plant and animal life, and such defining features as their tall trees.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628323405
Publisher:	The Creative Company
Publication date:	02/07/2017
Series:	Seedlings Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	330L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

Table of Contents

Hello, Rainforest! 5

Warm Rains 6

All about Trees 8

Rainforest Plants 11

Animal Variety 12

Canopy Heights 15

Rainforest in Action 16

Goodbye, Rainforest! 19

Picture a Rainforest 20

Words to Know 22

Read More 23

Websites 23

Index 24

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1–4—Large, colorful photographs of plants and animals in attractive layouts create visually striking glimpses of life in various biomes. Unfortunately, visual appeal cannot compensate for the confusing presentations about the elements of a food chain. To some extent, Riggs makes it seem as though the relationships form a single continuous cycle that can be easily explained. In Rainforests, for example, cacao leaves are eaten by leafcutter ants, which are eaten by a silky anteater, which is eaten by a boa, which is eaten by a jaguar. After the jaguar dies, nutrients from its body will replenish the earth and help nourish the cacao tree. How then do the depicted piranhas, orchids, quetzal, and poison dart frogs fit into this scheme? Why does a gorilla from a different continent appear? Similar problems plague the other volumes. Deserts seems to concentrate on the United States Southwest until a camel wanders across a landscape. No diagrams of a food chain or food web appear in the books to help explain the topic and alleviate confusion. Striking design is not enough to warrant purchase.—Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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