One Day in the Tropical Rain ForestToday is doomsday for a young Venezuelan Indian boy's beloved rain forest and its animal life—unless he and a visiting naturalist can save it. "George makes drama large and small out of the minute-by-minute events in an ecosystem . . . gripping ecological theater." —C. "An example of nonfiction writing at its best." —SLJ. Notable 1990 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) |
Contents
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Section 2 | 11 |
Section 3 | 16 |
Section 4 | 25 |
Section 5 | 28 |
Section 6 | 37 |
Section 7 | 45 |
Section 8 | 53 |
Section 9 | 55 |
Section 10 | 59 |
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