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| If I Ran the Rain Forest: All About Tropical Rain Forests (Cat in the Hat's Lrning Libry) | 
| Author: Bonnie Worth
Creator: Aristides Ruiz
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 64258
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0375810978
Dewey Decimal Number: 577.34
EAN: 9780375810978
ASIN: 0375810978
Publication Date: April 22, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
 If I ran the Rain Forest (Cat in the Hat Library) May 31, 2008
This is a wonderful book. We have three small grandchildren, and they loved it, and continually want to read the book.
 Fantastical Cat & Real World don't mix January 8, 2008
The premise of this book is that the Cat in the Hat is our tour guide to the rainforest and he shows us birds, animals and plants that live there. There are astounding things to learn but I don't think having the Cat rhyme about them conveys the amazing REAL world of the rainforest. Shouldn't the astounding world of the rainforest be enough to recommend itself? This book also doesn't honor Dr. Seuss. Why is somebody trying to copy what essentially can't be copied?: the inventive, outlandish ((and note: OUT of this world and NOT of this world)) characters and word play. I don't like the mix of Seuss' world and the facts of the real world. What next? Will Sponge Bob introduce me to what it is like to go to the dentist? Will Garfield teach us all how to vote? Why have the images and concepts of Dr. Seuss been co-opted?
It is right to want to defend the rainforest but our children are supposed to care because a fantasy character wishes them to? I think children have a sense for these things and find the GENUINELY OUTLANDISH to be delightful -- and find the REAL FACTS of the world without garnishment to be fascinating.
Great starter book on rain forests! March 29, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My 6 yr old really enjoyed this intro book on rain forests. One of the off-shore excursions on our upcoming cruise is the Costa Rican rain forest and I purchased several books on rain forests to get him familiar with the topic This one was the perfect intro book for him. It was written in classic Seuss rhyming style which was engaging for my son. The illustrations were colorful and eye-catching and the information about rain forests was just enough for a 6yr old to understand and digest. We read it while also listening to a "Relax with Tropical Rain Forest" audio CD which provided an added dimension to the rain forest learning experience. I plan on reading the other books on rain forests to him but selectively as they contain much more advanced information.
Not impressed January 17, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the first time I've read a book from the Cat in the Hat Learning Library, so I wasn't sure what to expect. But I wasn't expecting this.
The illustrations make it look like the kids and the cat are having an adventure in the rainforest. But they aren't. They're just on a field trip, I guess.
The book goes over the four levels of the rainforest and names the different types of animals, plants, and people you would find in a rainforest. The main focus of the book seems to be maintaining the rhyme scheme rather than giving detailed information. At times, clarity is even sacrificed in order to maintain the rhyme. For example, "Millions of acres of land every year are cut down..." Cutting down land is confusing to a child. Usually trees or plants are cut down.
One funny thing was that the cat in the hat says he will give you a prize if you find these six things. Well, he's talking to the kids he is traveling with, not "you" the reader. So my 5-year-old son jumped in and named the things, then said "Where's my prize?"
So after around 40 pages of naming and discussing rainforest plants, animals, and people, a bulldozer showed up on the second to last page and the animals are running for their lives. On the last page the cat in the hat says "Save these trees please!" The end. Well, I like the environmental theme, but I had an awful lot of explaining to do when the bulldozer showed up. I think the book should have begun where it ended, because that is where the real story is. I buy books for my kids in the hope that the author can explain and illustrate a topic better than I can.
My son only asked me to read this book once, then never picked it up again.
I gave the book two stars for the unusual format. The novelty might appeal to some kids.
Interesting way to introduce rain forests to children October 25, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is one of the best of The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library. The rhyming style is excellent. This book introduces such concepts as four levels of the rain forest, transpiration, animals in the forest, pollination, and camouflage.
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