30 Million Different Insects in the Rainforest. This item is unavailable.30 Million Different Insects in the Rainforest

Can you count the animal species found in the rainforest or the fish in the Amazon River? Find out all about the rainforest, including its extraordinary variety of plant and animal life, its peoples, its layered structure, and its role as an oxygen producer, as well as why its so important to protect.

Gr 3-7-These titles are crammed with photos, diagrams, charts, and graphic designs. Many pages also feature numbers, especially large ones; for instance, Animal Kingdom features a time line of animal life starting 3.5 billion years ago. Incorporating so many topics per volume results in uneven quality. For example, Space has excellent visual representations of Earth's daily rotation and yearly orbit, but the moon landing diagram partially covers explanatory text. The series' UK origin is apparent in the lists of suggested books, which have limited U.S. availability. Some facts are questionable, such as the claim that the Yanomami have lived in the Amazon for 50 million years, and a diagram appears to indicate that a kangaroo can leap 30 feet high. Poisonous Plants devotes only two pages to toxic varieties. Rockett includes in each book a disclaimer that "the numbers will most likely be an estimation" and may change with time. VERDICT Flashy designs and mind-boggling statistics may pique browsers' interest in these topics, but they should double-check facts in additional sources.α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.