Cherry' s lovingly rendered colored pencil and watercolor drawings of all the 'wondrous and rare animals' evoke the lush rain forests, and the stunning endpapers feature world maps bordered by tree porcupines, emerald tree boas, and dozens more fascinating creatures.Awards: IRA Teacher' s Choice (1991), ABA' s Pick of the Lists, Reading Rainbow Review Book, NSTA-CBC Outstanding Trade Book for Children In this inspired look at what the kapok tree means to the creatures that live in it-and what rain forests mean to the world' s ecology-the many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home. While he sleeps, the forest' s residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the importance of trees and how 'all living things depend on one another'. One day, a man exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant kapok tree. The author and artist Lynne Cherry journeyed deep into the rain forests of Brazil to write and illustrate her gorgeous picture book 'The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest' (1990).
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