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263) Rainforest (Jungle)
Series
Pub. Date
p2004, c1994
Description
Experience the sites and sounds of the jungle as you journey through the rainforests of the world. Students will learn about pollination, propagation and photosynthesis and meet diverse creatures that inhabit these regions.
264) Rainforest fiesta!
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
At Porcupine's birthday party, his pinata floats away. Now Diego and Porcupine must rescue it. Includes 3 more action-packed Diego journeys.
265) Fire on the Amazon
Pub. Date
2000
Description
An environmental activist helps a photojournalist investigate an assassination deep in the Amazon jungle.
Pub. Date
©2010
Description
Ferngully ... the last rainforest: When a human is accidentally shrunken to the size of the tiny inhabitants of a rainforest he had planned to destroy, he realizes he must help save them from humankind. Ice age: a group of misfit creatures embark on a quest to return a human baby to his tribe. Robots: Rodney the robot heads for the big city to pursue his dreams.
267) Fire on the Amazon
Pub. Date
2011]
Description
Shortly before her breakout role in Speed, future Oscar winner Sandra Bullock starred in this scorching adventure filmed on location in the deadly streets and jungles of the Bolivian Amazon. Bullock portrays Alyssa Rothman, an American activist battling a group of ruthless developers out to destroy the rainforest and its native population.
269) River of doubt (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): Theodore Roosevelt's darkest journey
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Appears on list
Description
The true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing 1914 exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights...
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
A look at Odzala National Park in the Republic of Congo, one of the most isolated areas in Africa. A dense rain forest canopy shelters the steamy jungle underneath, occasionally giving way to island-like clearings called bais. Provides a rare opportunity to see elephants drink alongside families of lowland gorillas. See also water buffalo, cattle egrets, and other animals of this ecosystem.
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