| The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest Contributor(s): Plotkin, Mark J. (Author), Cherry, Lynne (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0152024867 ISBN-13: 9780152024864 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: A Tirio Indian boy living in the jungles of the Amazon dreams of one day becoming a tribal shaman--who pass their wisdom of the medicinal values of rain forest plants from one generation to the next. The boy and his people learn the importance of their own knowledge about the healing properties of the rain forest. Full-color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America - Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 97005978 |
| Lexile Measure: 960 |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 9.04" W x 11.02" (0.39 lbs) 36 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Holiday - Earth Day - Topical - Ecology |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 32179 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For thousands of years, in the jungles of the Amazon, shamans have passed their wisdom of the medicinal values of rain forest plants from one generation to the next. The Shaman's Apprentice tells the story of a Tirio Indian boy who dreams of one day being the tribal shaman, and how he and his people learn the importance of their own knowledge about the healing properties of the rain forest. |
Contributor Bio(s): Plotkin, Mark J.: - Mark J. Plotkin (b. 1955) is an ethnobotanist based in the Neotropics. He is also the author of Medicine Quest.Cherry, Lynne: - LYNNE CHERRY has devoted her life to sharing her concern about environmental issues with others. Her important children's books also include The Armadillo from Amarillo and two tales from the Amazon rain forest: The Great Kapok Tree and The Shaman's Apprentice. She lives in Washington, D.C. |