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The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
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The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest Paperback - 2000

by Lynne Cherry; Lynne Cherry (Illustrator)

In this inspired look at what the kapok tree means to the creatures that live in it--and what rain forests mean to the world's ecology--the many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.


Summary

The author and artist Lynne Cherry journeyed deep into the rain forests of Brazil to write and illustrate her gorgeous picture book The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (1990). One day, a man 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, and the stunning endpapers feature world maps bordered by tree porcupines, emerald tree boas, and dozens more fascinating creatures.
Awards: IRA Teacher’s Choice (1991), ABA’s Pick of the Lists, Reading Rainbow Review Book, NSTA-CBC Outstanding Trade Book for Children

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  • Title The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
  • Author Lynne Cherry; Lynne Cherry (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Voyager Paperbacks, NY
  • Date 2000-03-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780152026141 / 0152026142
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.7 x 8.9 x 0.2 in (27.18 x 22.61 x 0.51 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 590
  • Themes
    • Holiday: Earth Day
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Ecology, Conservation of natural resources
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 8902208
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Media reviews

Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life....Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time.—People.
"Spectacular."—School Library Journal

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 04/10/2000, Page 101

About the author

Lynne Cherry has devoted her life to sharing her concern about environmental issues with others. She lives in Washington, D.C
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