jungles

Although she spent the summer at the community swimming pool, Lisa tells her classmates that she visited the jungle where her uncle raises panthers and leopards.

Twelve-year-old Alex is rescued from a plane crash by the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and spends several weeks in the Amazon jungle with them, learning and appreciating their way of life.

An introduction to rain forest ecosystems, describing the role of rain forests in producing the world's oxygen, food, medical ingredients, and other raw materials used in everyday life throughout the world.

Introduces readers to the Amazon rain forest, discussing the animals, plants, people, and conservation.

Presents the adventures of a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle. Includes illustrations and extended captions providing background information on history, geography, social customs, animals, architecture, literature, and science pertinent to the story.

Explores the geography, layers, plant and animal life, and future of jungles.

Simple text and photographs introduce rain forests and the plants, animals, and people who live in them.

A mischievous monkey causes trouble for all the other animals in the jungle but denies it to the end.

When Marina Singh's mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who was working on a valuable new drug, disappears in the Amazon, Marina is tasked with finding her. Despite the fact that the last person sent to find Dr. Swenson died during the course of his search, Marina sets out and encounters more than a few unusual twists along the way.