Resources

The Amazon is such a fascinating, varied place and misconceptions abound. You're in the right place to find a whole host of information to round out your knowledge of what the Amazon is — and what it
is not.

• A traditional Peruvian Amazon story
Retold by storyteller/teacher Debra Pieri

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• The Adaptations Abound

• Rainforest Cyberhunt

• People of the Tropical Rainforests

• Our Precious Rainforests

• Build a Soil Aggregate

• Earth's Tropical Regions

• Layers of the Rainforest

• Products of the Rainforest

• The Water Cycle

• Forest Comparison

• Precipitation Measurement

• Temperature

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ADULTS
• Anderson, A. Alternatives to Deforestation.
Columbia University Press. NY. 1990.

• Arvigo, Rosita. Sastun: Mt Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer.
Harper Collins Publishers. NY. 1994.

• Davis, Wade. One River: Explorations and Discoveries in
the Amazon Rain Forest. Simon & Schuster. NY. 1997.

• Duke, James and R. Vasquez. Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary. CRC Press. FL. 1994.

• Head S. & R. Heinzman. Lessons of the Rainforest. Sierra Club Books. CA. 1990.

• Holldobler, Bert & Wilson, Edward O. Journey to the Ants: A
Story of Scientific Exploration. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. MA. 1998.

• Joyce, Christopher. Earthly Goods: Medicine-Hunting in the Rainforest. Little, Brown and Company. NY. 1994.

• Kricher, John. A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics, 2nd Ed. Princeton University Press. Princeton, NJ. 1997.

• Place, S. Tropical Rainforest, A Scholarly Resources, Inc., Imprint. DE. 1993.

• Plotkin, Mark. Tales of the Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotonist Searches For New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest. Penguin Books. NY. 1993.

• Quammen, David. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions. Simon & Schuster. NY. 1996.

• Rabinowitz, Alan. Jaguar: One Man's Battle to Establish the World's First Jaguar Reserve. Doubleday. NY. 1986.

• Ritchie, Mark. Spirit of the Rainforest: A Yanomamo Shaman Story. Island Lake Press, Chicago, IL. 1996.

• Royte, Elizabeth. The Tapir's Morning Bath: Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest and the Scientists Who Are Trying to Solve Them. Houghton Mifflin Company. NY. 2001.

• Wilson, E.O. The Diversity of Life. W.W. Norton & Company, NY. 1992.

KIDS
• Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers. NY. 1990.

• DeStefano, Susan. Chico Mendes: Fight for the Forest. Twenty-first Century Books, Inc. 1992.

• Dunphy, Madeline. Here is the Tropical Rain Forest. Hyperion Books for Children. NY. 1994.

• Flora. Feathers Like a Rainbow: An Amazon Indian Tale.
HarperCollins Children's Books. NY. 1989.

• Gibbons, Gail. Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests. Morrow Junior Books. NY. 1994.

• Goodman, Susan. Bats, Bugs, and Biodiversity: Adventures in the Amazonian Rain Forest. Atheneum. NY. 1995.

• Jordan, Tanis. Journey of the Red-Eyed Tree Frog. Green Tiger
Press. NY. 1991.

• Jordan, Tanis. Jungle Days, Jungle Nights. Kingfisher Books.
MA. 1993.

• Lepthien, Emelie. Tropical Rain Forests. Chicago Press. IL. 1993.

• Lessem, Don. Inside the Amazing Amazon. Crown Books. NY. 1995.

• Lewin, Ted. Amazon Boy. Macmillan Publishing Company.
England. 1993

• Taylor, Barbara. Rain Forest. Dorling Kindersley, Inc. NY. 1992.

• Weir, Bob & Wendy. Panther Dream: A Story of the African Rainforest. Hyperion Books for Children. NY. 1991.

• Yolen, Jane. Welcome to the Green House. G.P. Putnam's Sons. NY. 1993.

If you are looking for more games or information on the Rainforest, we suggest you try visiting one of the links below.
(We are not responsible for content found on these WebPages.)

• Amazon Interactive
Great site that provides students with information about the rainforest and Quechua people. Interactive, simulation game that depicts a community based ecotourism project.

• Children of the Amazon
Learn about the children of the rainforest and their environment.

• Earth's Birthday Project
Earth’s Birthday Project educates children about the Earth—its beauty, resources and conservation. Their programs engage children in scientific inquiry and empower them to act as informed and responsible citizens.

• Families For the Rainforest
Contains basic background information. Kids area has 3 PDF pages that you can print out.

• Gander Academy's Tropical Rainforest Theme Page
Good teacher resource. It contains a list of web resources and students activity sheets linked to websites for on-line study.

• New Frontier in Brazil: People, Progress and the Environment
A case study depicting a development scenario in the Amazon and the associated pros and cons. High school lesson plan is provided.

• Rainforest Action Network - Kid's Corner
Very good website containing fact sheets, videos, activities, and lesson plan ideas.

• Rainforest Alliance
Great website that has curriculum by grade level that targets key concepts. Slide shows and stories are provided.

• Rainforest Education
"Golden Web Award" winner. Site has fun puzzles, interactive and multimedia pages. Information regarding journeys, medicines, threats, and general background knowledge are provided.

• Rainforest Web
Contains a directory of over 1500 rainforest links.

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Useful Materials

The Living Air — Sounds from the Peruvian Rainforest CD

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The Amazing Peruvian Amazon: A Guide to Rainforest Ecology

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