The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest - Hardcover

Cherry, Lynne; Plotkin, Mark J.

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9780152012816: The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0152012818 ISBN 13: 9780152012816
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998

Synopsis

Kamanya, who lives deep in the heart of the Amazon rain forest, wants to learn the healing secrets of the forest plants, so he becomes an apprentice of Nahtahlah, the village shaman.

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About the Authors

LYNNE CHERRY has devoted her life to sharing her concern about environmental issues with others. Her important children's books also include The Armadillo from Amarillo and two tales from the Amazon rain forest: The Great Kapok Tree and The Shaman's Apprentice. She lives in Washington, D.C.


Mark J. Plotkin (b. 1955) is an ethnobotanist based in the Neotropics. He is also the author of Medicine Quest.

Reviews

Ages 5^-9. The author of The Great Kapok Tree (1990) takes us back to the Amazon rain forest, this time teaming up with ethnobotanist Plotkin. Together, they present a story in which a lesson about medicinal herbs is brought to life through young Kamanya, who dreams of becoming his tribe's next shaman. Kamanya spends his time following the current shaman into the forest and learning the secrets of the plants. But local plants can't cure the new diseases brought to the area by strangers, and the pills the strangers bring with them cause the indigenous people to lose faith in the ability of their shaman. Eventually a woman named Gabriella, who comes to study the properties of the rain forest plants, restores the tribe's faith. The lush illustrations make the story a visual pleasure. Even the endpapers are rich in detail, picturing some of the rain forest plants and noting their uses. Like other books Cherry has worked on, this one, which is based on a true story, is a unusual addition to rain forest literature. It will be useful not only for story hours but also as a springboard for classroom discussion for older children as well as younger ones. Helen Rosenberg

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0152012818
ISBN 13 
9780152012816
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
40
Rating
  • 4.10 out of 5 stars
    195 ratings by Goodreads

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