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004455
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Iowa, Perfection Learning, 2006.
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24pOrange Spine
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Reading Essentials in Science - Habitats
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Explains what rainforests are and why they are important, how they are being destroyed, and the life in these rainforests.
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A Warm, Wet Home
The Rain Forest Floor
The Understory
The Canopy
The Emergent layer
People, Product and Problems
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0756946867 Hb.
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004486
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London, Scholastic, 2001.
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128pWhite Spine
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Horrible Geography
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Find out how explorers disappeared for ever inside steaming jungles, where to find spiders as big as a dinner plate and which rainforest fungi glow in the dark. It's earth-shatteringly exciting!
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Lost in the jungle
Hot and sticky
Rainforest bloomers
Shady characters
Jungle living
Budding explorers
Facing the axe
A bloomin' future?
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9781407105994 Pb.
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| 005072 | 577.34/GAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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025026
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Ontario, Maple Tree Press, 2006.
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48pGreen spine
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Presents, in text and photographs, plants of the tropical rain forest and their uses.
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Rainforest mysteries
How monkeys make chocolate
Why cherries are red
Bark with bite
A hard nut to crack
Index
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9781897066782 Pb.
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| 022850 | 581.61/FOR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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006920
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USA, Random House, 2003.
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46pGreen Spine
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The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library
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In rhyming text, the Cat in the Hat introduces the tropical rainforest and the ways in which its plants and animals interact.
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0375810978 Hb.
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| 007346 | FIC/WOR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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005277
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London, Michell Beazley, 1990.
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200pBlack Spine
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Describes the need to understand the needs of the people of rain forests, and find ways to meet those needs without losing the forests, the riches they contain and the vital role they play in the health of planet Earth.
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0855337893 Hb.
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| 005055 | 577.34/COL | Main | On Shelf | General | Reference |
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004307
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Brighton, Book House, 2005.
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34pRed Spine
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What on Earth?
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Examines the structure and extent of the world's rainforests, describing the wealth and diversity of plants and animals found in them and efforts to stop the destruction of these precious resources.
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Rainforests
Where in the world are rainforests?
What is the canopy?
What lives in the treetops?
What mammals live in trees?
Is there poison in the rainforest?
Are rainforests full of creepy-crawlies?
What is the understorey?
What lives on the forest floor?
What is rainforest weather like?
Are rainforests under threat?
How would you survive in a rainforest
Rainforest facts
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190508739X Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 003819 | 577.34/SEN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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015903
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New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.
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28pRed Spine
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Describes the climatic conditions of the rain forest as well as the different layers of plants and animals that comprise the ecosystem
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0688154115 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 015615 | 577.34/GIB | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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010287
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USA, Compass Point Books, 2000.
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48pOrange Spine
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First Reports
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Describes what a rain forest is and what types of plants and animals reside there.
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What can you imagine/
Tropical rain forests
Temperate rain forests
Trees inthe rain forests
Layers of life
Animals and life cycles
Hanging, swinging animals
Creeping, crawling animals
Who lives in the rain forests?
The importance of rain forests
Protecting the rain forests
Glossary
Did you know
At a glance
Want to know more/
Index
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0756500230 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 010653 | 577.34/GRA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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010461
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Mankato, Bridgestone Books, 1996.
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24pGreen Spine
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Read and Discover: Science books
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Presents an overview of tropical rain forests and the variety of life - plant, animal, and human - found in them.
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Tropical rain forests
Layers of the rain forests
Map of the rain forests
People of the rain forest
Trees and vines of the rain forest
Plants of the rain forest
Birds and animals of the rain forest
Giant animals of the rain forest
Poisonous creatures of the rain forest
Losing the rain forest
Hands on: Adopt an acre of rain forest
Words to know
Read more
Useful addresses
Index
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1560653361 Hb.
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| 010817 | 577.34/O'MA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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001924
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New York, Random House, 2002.
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120pLight green spine
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Magic Tree House Reserch Guide
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Describes the world's rainforests, their canopies and forest floors, their climate, and the variety of plants and animals which they support.
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What is a Rain Forest?
Layers of a Tropical Rain Forest
Rain Forest Plants
Rain Forest Creatures
People of the Rain Forest
Gifts of the Rain Forest
Saving the Rain Forest
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0375813551 Pb.
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| 000348 | 577.34/OSB | Main | On Shelf | General | |
| 002973 | 577.34/OSB | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
000929
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Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2006.
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46pWhite Spine
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DK 24-Hours
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Takes you around the clock with the animals of the jungle.
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What's up at 6 am?
The dawn chorus
Brazil-nut breakfast
Figs for all
What's up at 10 am?
Ant attack
Monkeying around
Home alone
What's up at 2 pm?
Hide and seek
Watch the birdie
Bromeliad baths
What's up at 6 pm?
Night watch
Going batty
Sloth going
What's up at 10 pm?
Scary spiders
Midnight mammals
On the prowl
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1405310383 Hb.
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| 001165 | 577.34/STA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
000978
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London, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2001.
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48pGreen Spine
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DK Eyewonder
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Looks at rainforests, focusing on their location, climate, plant and animal life.
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Welcome to the jungle
Forest layers
The variety of life
Giant trees
Jeepers creepers
In the treetops
Flying high
Tree-houses
Canopy creatures
Forest acrobats
Happy families
The understorey
Going batty
Camouflage
Lying low
Insect armies
Hunting
Riverbanks
Watery world
Night life
Exploring the jungle
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1405304707 Pb.
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| 000339 | 577.34/GRE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
007284
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London, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2004.
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38pBlack Spine
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DK Revealed
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Discover the incredible diversity of tropical wildlife and the fascinating way people live in the these amazing habitats.
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Green worlds
In the treetops
Forest floor
On the ground
The sustaining forest
Insect trap
Setting seed
Forest food web
Water world
Getting about
Constant danger
Finding a mate
Forest at night
Temple of the sun
Forests and people
Fragile forests
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1405303131 Hb.
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| 007719 | 577.34/GRE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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008900
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Australia, The Five Mile Press, 2009.
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16pGreen Spine
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Provides the young reader with a clear picture of rainforests of the world, and what is the scenario today.
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Rainforests of the world
Reach for the sky
Animals of the rainforest
Seeing the forest for the trees
Rainforest destruction
Creative project idas
Make your own rainforest poster
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9781742113715 Pb.
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| 009291 | 577.34/WAI | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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006453
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Great Britain, Copper Beech Books, 1999.
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32pWhite Spine
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Saving our world
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Examines the structure and extent of the world’s rainforests, describing the wealth and diversity of plants and animals found in them and efforts to stop the destruction of these precious resources.
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Troubled Rainforests
What is a Rainforest?
-Rainforests of the World
-Multistory Rainforest
-The Earth's Green Lungs
Life in the Rainforest
-How the Rainforest Work?
-Rainforest Partnerships
-Rainforest People
Rainforest Bounty
-Fruits of the Forest
Damaging the Forests
-Rainforests in Peril
-Endangered Animals
-Lost Chances
Solutions
-Stopping the Destruction
-Look Back and Find
-You be Environmental
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0761332588 Hb.
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| 006067 | 577.34/PAR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
005626
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London, Hermes House, 2003.
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64pGreen Spine
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Learn about
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Describes the world’s rainforests, their canopies and forest floors, their climate, and the variety of plants and animals which they support.
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What is a rainforest?
Rainforests of the world
The topmost trees
Forest survey
Rainforest canopy
Plants of the canopy
The forest floor
Studying the forest floor
Life-giving jungles
Rainforest plants
Rainforest cycles
Looking at plant cycles
The threatened forest
The self-sufficient forest
The web of life
Animal tracks
What is in the water?
Rainforest minibeasts
Looking at minibeasts
Central America
The Amazon
Africa
Southern Asia
Australasia
Temperate rainforests
Forest skills
Peoples of the rainforest
Rainforest shelter
Rainforest produce
Saving the rainforests
Index
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1844771121 Pb.
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004992
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USA, Lerner Publications, 1996.
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48pGreen Spine
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Endangered People and Places
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Discusses tropical rain forests, including their flora, fauna and indigenous peoples, as well as the activities that threaten their destruction and the consequences of that destruction.
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Understanding Rainforests
Peoples of the rainforests
Uses and abuses of the rainforests
The future of rainforests
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0822527782 Hb.
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ID:
006361
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2001.
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64pBlack Spine
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21st Century Debates
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Looks at this fragile ecosystem and its destruction over the last fifty years.
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Rainforests in Danger
Teeming with Life
Clearing the Forests
Industry - Wealth at a Cost
Timber!
People of the Rainforest
Sustainable Forests?
Can the Rainforests Survive
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0750238143 Pb.
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ID:
027237
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Orlando, Harcourt Brace and Company, 1989.
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32pGreen Spine
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Imagine living here
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Focuses on the land, ecology, people, and animals of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, presenting it as an example of a place where there is so much water that some houses need to be built on stilts.
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0153052163 Pb.
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004294
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New Delhi, Katha, 2004.
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33pGrey Spine
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A book that takes you on a trip to a special place, where the sights we see and the sounds we hear, the scents we smell and the creatures we meet are like nothing we've ever imagined.
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8189020153 Hb.
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| 004829 | 577.34/DAT | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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