| Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests |
 | Author: Gail Gibbons
Publisher: Topeka Bindery
Category: Book
Buy New: $16.45
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1848592
Media: School & Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0613023714
Dewey Decimal Number: 574.526420913
EAN: 9780613023719
ASIN: 0613023714
Publication Date: October 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 7 to 11 days
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Product Description
Green leaves, wet leaves.
The air is hot and steamy.
Everything is moist.This is a tropical rain forest. As much as 240inches of rain may fall here in a single year! Beneath the treetop canopy, the rain forest bursts with plant and animal life. Periwinkles and lianes, tree frogs and spider monkeys abound. In Nature's Green Umbrella, lushly illustrated introduction to one of the world's most complicated ecosystems. For only if we know how important rain forests are to the whole world will we truly understand the need to protect them.
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Customer Reviews:
 Gail should hire an illustrator or a photographer ! July 23, 2000
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Ms. Gibbons is a WONDERFUL writer. Her drawings, however, are definitely not in the category of her writing. They detract from her books. I am a children's librarian and I have seen time after time that kids will avoid her books because the pictures are so unappealing. This is a shame since the text is usually outstanding. Ms. Gibbons should think about getting an illustrator or a photographer to supply an equivalent to her text. If she were to do this, her books would reach a much greater audience.
 An excellent, accurate book April 11, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book can be used as an excellent teaching tool. It provides a great introduction to the rainforests, and is full of facts about animals, medicines, and plants that are found in the rainforests.
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