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Where is the Amazon?  Cover Image Book Book

Where is the Amazon? / by Sarah Fabiny ; illustrated by Daniel Colón.

Fabiny, Sarah, (author.). Colón, Daniel, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. Where Is the Amazon? reveals the amazing scale of a single rainforest that we are still trying to understand today and that, in many ways, supports our existence on this planet"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780606388597
  • ISBN: 9780399542336
  • ISBN: 9781484481455
  • ISBN: 1484481453
  • ISBN: 9780448488264
  • Physical Description: 108 pages : illustrations, maps (1 colored foldout) ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
Formatted Contents Note:
Where Is the Amazon? -- The river changes course -- First settlers -- Search for the City of Gold -- More discoveries -- The people of the Amazon -- Layers of a rain forest -- Incredible creatures -- Protecting the forest -- A trip down the Amazon -- Timelines.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8 to 12.
930L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.2 1 182537.
Subject: Rain forests > Amazon River Region > Juvenile literature.
Natural history > Amazon River Region > Juvenile literature.
Amazon River Region > Juvenile literature.
Amazon River > Juvenile literature.
Amazon River Region > Geography > Juvenile literature.
Amazon River Region > Discovery and exploration > Juvenile literature.
Amazon River Region > Environmental conditions > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker County Library 981.1 .F113w 2016 (Text) 37814003689966 JUV NON-FICTION - NEW Available -
Ontario Community Library j.981.1 FABIN (Text) 33330004341378 Juvenile Non-Fiction In transit -

Summary: "Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. Where Is the Amazon? reveals the amazing scale of a single rainforest that we are still trying to understand today and that, in many ways, supports our existence on this planet"--

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