Rainforests (Explorer Plus, Ladybird) - Hardcover

Unauthored

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0721457193 ISBN 13: 9780721457192

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 1997

Synopsis

Describes the rainforest, including the tree canopy, the water cycle, and various creatures

About this title

About the Author:

Jane Parker, the author, has written a number of titles for children including The New Book of Dinosaurs.

From Kirkus Reviews:

The rainforest is overrun by gimmicky tabs, flaps, and clear plastic overlays in glossy spiral-bound entry in the Explorers Plus series. Viewers are invited to discover animals using camouflage in illustrations that make use of overlays and flaps, but many of the creatures are not, in fact, using camouflage. Children may enjoy pulling the tab to make the howler money nod his head or the gorillas appear from behind a bush, but neither activity contributes any solid information about the animals or the habitat. One caption is instructive--``Pull the tab to see how the spider monkey uses its tail like a fifth arm''--but there is no corresponding tab. A cluttered text in tiny type and minute photographs and drawings finish off this unfortunate hodge-podge. (map, glossary, index) (Nonfiction. 8-10) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0721457193
• ISBN 13: 9780721457192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 24