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Where is the Amazon? / by Sarah Fabiny ; illustrated by Daniel Colón.

Fabiny, Sarah, (author.). Colón, Daniel, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is ...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. Where Is the Amazon? reveals the amazing scale of a single rainforest that we are still trying to understand today and that, in many ways, supports our existence on this planet"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781484481455
ISBN: 1484481453
ISBN: 9780399542336
ISBN: 0399542337
ISBN: 9781338607109
ISBN: 9780448488264
ISBN: 0448488264
ISBN: 9781518209307
ISBN: 1518209300
Physical Description: 108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publishing date, binding and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical (page 108).
Formatted Contents Note:	Where Is the Amazon? -- The River Changes Course -- First Settlers -- Search for the City of Gold -- More Discoveries -- The People of the Amazon -- Layers of a Rain Forest -- Incredible Creatures -- Protecting the Forest -- A Trip down the Amazon -- Timelines.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 8 to 12. 930L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.2 1 182537.