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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 - 1998

by Lynne Cherry; Lynne Cherry (Illustrator)

Summary

Exhausted from his labors, a man chopping down a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest puts down his ax, and, as he sleeps, the animals who live in the tree plead with him not to destroy their world. "This modern fable with its urgent message contains an abundance of information."--The Horn Book

First line

Two men walked into the rain forest.

Details

  • Title The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
  • Author Lynne Cherry; Lynne Cherry (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 36
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books
  • Date May 15, 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780152018184 / 0152018182
  • Weight 1.62 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 22 x 18 x 0.12 in (55.88 x 45.72 x 0.30 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 590
  • Library of Congress subjects Ecology, Conservation of natural resources
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89002208
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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