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One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest
Contributor(s): George, Jean Craighead (Author), Allen, Gary (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0064420167     ISBN-13: 9780064420167
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $6.29  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 1995
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Annotation: Today is doomsday for a young Venezuelan Indian boy's beloved rain forest and all of its wildlife--unless he and a visiting scientist can save it. "George makes drama large and small out of the minute-by-minute events in an ecosystem . . . gripping ecological theater".--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Chapter Books
Dewey: 508.315
LCCN: 89036583
Lexile Measure: 880
Series: Trophy Chapter Books (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.19" H x 5.36" W x 7.5" (0.13 lbs) 80 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 10899
Reading Level: 5.2   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Today is doomsday for a young Venezuelan Indian boy's beloved rain forest and its animal life--unless he and a visiting naturalist can save it. George makes drama large and small out of the minute-by-minute events in an ecosystem . . . gripping ecological theater. --C. An example of nonfiction writing at its best. --SLJ.

Notable 1990 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1990 (NSTA/CBC)


Contributor Bio(s): George, Jean Craighead: -

Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell Minor include The Wolves Are Back; Luck; Everglades; Arctic Son; Morning, Noon, and Night; and Galapagos George.

Allen, Gary: -

"I began drawing before I could talk," says Gary Allen. "My family always knew I would become an artist, because I constantly drew pictures on the wall as high as I could reach." Gary Allen wen on to study art at the State University of New York College at New Paltz and is now a designer at The Culinary Institute of America In Hyde Park, New York. He lives in High Falls, New York, with his wife and stepson.