Rain Forests

Explore My World

by Marfe Ferguson Delano

Drip, drop. Rain falls softly on the forest canopy. You peer into the mist. What wild creatures emerge? Kids will learn all about the majesty of the rain forest, from jungle predators to colorful treetop birds to plants that thrive in this lush landscape.

Genres: Picture Books, Science

32 pages, Paperback

Published July 18, 2017

Reviews

[Erica Sonzogni · Rating 4 out of 5]

National Geographic is already loved by adults, and now the same exhilarating information and captivating photographs are available for children! Each page introduces a different rain forest concept in a simplistic manner. Some of the subjects included in this non-fiction text are rain forest vegetation, reptiles, insects, various mammals, birds, amphibians, and weather patterns. Along with the realistic pictures, pages include a few factual sentences in an elaborative manner. For example, “Slither! On the dark and shady forest floor, huge pythons slip through fallen twigs and leaves.” The use of strong verbs (“gleaming”, “shuffle”, “flit and flutter”), adjectives (“shaggy bears”, “sleek tigers”), and similes (“frogs dart like jumping jewels”) is a perfect model for writing, in addition to using it as a resource for science. In a reading classroom, this book can be used to introduce non-fiction text features such as insets, vocabulary, diagrams, captions, maps, map keys, etc. The final pages of the book include quick games to review the concepts presented and make the topic interactive. This is a fabulous resource to use to introduce students to the topic of rain forests and intrigue them with the colorful photographs, however, being that it provides basic, limited information on each of the subjects, additional research may be needed in order to learn more and gain more depth on this science topic.

[Aarvik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book about rain forest.