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"Offers readers a unique opportunity to see a variety of animals at their actual size. This exciting adventure takes you deep into the heart of the worlds rainforests, lets you travel from the forest floor to the tree canopy, and brings you face-to-face with an amazing array of creatures from the tiny Amau frog to the enormous green anaconda"--Publisher

Discover the variety of colors that can be found in a rain forest

A mother kinkajou finds a spot in the hollow of a tree to give birth to her baby. She carefully watches over her little one for up to two weeks, until the tiny, raccoon-like animal can open its eyes. So begins the life of this jungle baby. In this coming-of-age introduction to these adorable mammals, readers will learn how kinkajou babies spend their days, how they find food, and how they can use their long and strong tail like another arm. The colorful...

"Dense and humid and filled with secrets, the rain forest is home to more than half the world's plants and animals. Using unique Photicular technology, Jungle parts the mysterious veil of this sun-dappled land and reveals--in fluid 3-D motion--the living exuberance within. Watch a tarantula scuttle across the forest floor. A dancing whipsnake flick its tongue. A Bengal tiger on the prowl, and a brilliant green and red macaw soar above the canopy,"--Amazon.com...

Simple text and color photographs describe the slow-moving, leaf-eating animal known as the sloth

Come along on an adventure through the rain forest. Along the way, you'll meet new friends big and small, see amazing sights, and learn all about the creatures that make their home in the rain forest. Told in simple yet lively text built with sight words and using picture icons to aid reading, National Geographic Pre-readers will enchant kids just beginning their journey with books

"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to chimpanzees. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

"A search-and-find book about sloths reinforces new vocabulary to build reading success while close-up images of animals in their natural rainforest rainforest habitat captivate young audiences. A great early STEM book to inspire learning about life science for kindergartners and first graders"--

"A search-and-find book about toucans reinforces new vocabulary to build reading success while close-up images of animals in their natural rainforest habitat captivate young audiences. A great early STEM book to inspire learning about life science for kindergartners and first graders"--

Nine-year-old Riley visits a rainforest in Brazil near the Amazon River while his scientist uncle is on assignment there