Theme: Rainforests

Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Chocolate milk, chocolate fudge, chocolate frosting on chocolate cake. Children love chocolate, and this book, filled with fun facts, introduces them to the flavor\’s exotic story. It begins in the rainforests of South America with the bitter seeds of a strange tree. The Aztecs served their human sacrifices chocolate mixed with blood. Conquistadors sent chocolate [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

In the Land of the Jaguar: South America and Its People

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

South America’s story is as varied as its geography of soaring mountains, scorching deserts, and lush rainforests.  This  book combines an often tragic history with the problems and triumphs of the present. The information ranges from “the Requirement” (a document read out by the conquistadors each time they came upon a new group of indigenous people to [...]

Descriptors: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecudor, Latin America, Nonfiction, Paraguay, Peru, Primary (ages 6-9), Uruguay, Venezuela » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Waorani: People of the Ecuadoran Rain Forest (Global Villages)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Describes the culture and plight of the Waorani, an indigenous tribe of the Ecuadoran rain forest whose environment and way of life are threatened by the encroachment of the industrial world.

Descriptors: Ecudor, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Superteam

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

The new soccer season is here, and Harvey has spent his entire life savings on a pair of Armadillo Aces– the best cleats money can buy! Everything seems great until Professor Gertie accidentally destroys the cleats while testing her newest invention

Descriptors: Australia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania » Tagged » Comments closed