Tropical Rainforests (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9780061142536)

Tropical rainforests are home to brilliantly colored birds and spider monkeys that swing like acrobats. Here, tiny tadpoles, lizards, and crabs live in sky-high penthouse mini-ponds formed in the leaves of rootless plants. The understory and forest floor swarm with insects, worms, frogs, toads, and millions of marching army ants. But beware There are poisonous butterflies, frogs, and insects; venomous snakes; and plants that can paralyze.

Now, you can enter this wild world Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution to take you on an exotic, full-color photographic adventure.

Author: Seymour Simon
ISBN-10: 0061142530
ISBN-13: 9780061142536
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: English
Published: 08/24/2010
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.00h x 10.00w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 139684 / Tropical Rainforests


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2010
School Library Journal 09/01/2010 pg. 140
Booklist 10/15/2010 pg. 48
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 150