The great kapok tree : a tale of the Amazon rain forest by Cherry, Lynne

The great kapok tree : a tale of the Amazon rain forest (#28556B7)

by Cherry, Lynne
Hardcover (library binding) Harcourt Brace, 1990
Dewey: -E-; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 4.4
Description: 33 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations; 29 cm

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Product Overview
From Follett
"A Gulliver green book." The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.
From the Publisher

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

Product Details
  • Publisher: Harcourt Brace
  • Publication Date: March 15, 1990
  • Format: Hardcover (library binding)
  • Dewey: -E-
  • Classifications: Fiction, Easy
  • Description: 33 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations; 29 cm
  • ISBN-10: 0-15-200520-X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-15-200520-7
  • LCCN: 89-002208
  • Follett Number: 28556B7
  • Catalog Number: 015200520X
  • Reading Level: 4.4
  • Audience: Lower Elementary