Plants of the Rain Forest

Woods, Mae

ISBN 10: 1577650182 ISBN 13: 9781577650188

Publisher: Checkerboard Library, 1999

Synopsis

Introduces the plants of the rain forest, discussing both the forest floor and the treetops and examining how plants interact with the animals and provide food and other products.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4-These slim, dry titles offer nothing new. While Animals and Plants focus on particular species, one page of text and a photo hardly do justice to topics such as tropical birds or "Products Made from Plants." Libraries with Kathy Darling's Rain Forest Babies (Walker, 1996) will be better served by it than with the generalized coverage provided in Animals. Likewise, Saviour Pirotta's Trees and Plants in the Rain Forest (RSVP, 1999) makes many of the same points and includes larger photographs than the second book. In the third title, Woods gives an overview including a definition, locations, products, and inhabitants of rain forests. The information is so brief and general that the book's value is limited, even for beginning researchers. Each of the volumes includes an index and glossary, although the selection of items to define seems arbitrary. The author includes the same four recommended Internet sites in each book. Most libraries are likely to have many better titles that deal with these subjects, including Barbara Taylor's Rain Forest (DK, 1992), which provides more arresting photos.
Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Checkerboard Library
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1577650182
• ISBN 13: 9781577650188
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 24