What's Up in the Amazon Rainforest

by Ginjer L. Clarke

Overview

Where in the world will you find 427 different types of mammals, 1,294 birds, 2,200 fishes, 378 reptiles, 428 amphibians, and about 1 million insects? The Amazon Rainforest, of course! Get lost in the largest rainforest in the world to climb trees that are 500 years old, swim with a pink dolphin, avoid the deadly poison dart frogs, and sleep with a troop of twenty howler monkeys. In What's Up in the Amazon Rainforest, you'll learn all about the plants and animals, as well as the people that live there and the habitat itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780399541063
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	09/22/2015
Series:	What's Up
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
Lexile:	990L (what's this?)
File size:	49 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Ginjer L. Clarke writes fun, fact-filled nonfiction books about weird, wonderful stuff. Her books have sold a combined total of more than 3 million copies worldwide, have been on best-seller lists, and have been featured in book fairs and on reading lists. Ginjer loves to learn new things and is excited to share her chapter book series to take readers on journeys around the world to explore unique habitats and the animals, plants, and people who live there.

Ginjer is an experienced and entertaining school, library, and conference presenter, who has appeared at more than 150 elementary schools, regional reading and writing conferences, statewide book festivals, many bookstores and libraries, and even a zoo. She is a graduate of James Madison University and lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, young son, and several silly-looking pets.

Read an Excerpt

Introduction
(Continues…)

---

Excerpted from "What's Up in the Amazon Rainforest"
by .
Copyright © 2015 Ginjer L. Clarke.
Excerpted by permission of Penguin Young Readers Group.
All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.

---

Editorial Reviews

07/13/2015
Clarke launches a nonfiction series with an in-depth look at the Amazon rainforest. Faded map backgrounds, faux “taped-in” photographs, and pages marked with colored pencil create the feeling of an explorer’s notebook as Clarke walks readers through the history of the Amazon, threats like deforestation, and the animals and humans that populate it; noting that some 500 tribes live in the Amazon (and not all of them communicate with outsiders), Clarke introduces a handful of peoples, including the Yanomami, Matis, and Kayapó. The Amazon itself is enormous (“almost as big as the United States”), and Clarke capably covers substantial terrain in this book, too, making it an asset for readers looking to learn about one of the world’s most vibrant and important regions—or as Clarke puts it, a “crazy, cool, and crucial habitat.” Ages 8–12. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly