Great Kapok Tree
Great Kapok Tree A modern fable with an urgent message for young environmentalists. While he sleeps, the forest's residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the…
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Great Kapok Tree
A modern fable with an urgent message for young environmentalists. While he sleeps, the forest's residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the importance of trees and how "all living things depend on one another" . . . "Spectacular." (School Library Journal)Lynne Cherry journeyed deep into the rain forests of Brazil to write and illustrate this gorgeous picture book about a man who exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant kapok tree.
Features stunning world maps bordered by detailed illustrations of fascinating rainforest creatures.An IRA Teacher's Choice * ABA Pick of the Lists * Reading Rainbow Review Book * NSTA-CBC Outstanding Trade Book and it works.Cherry's lovingly rendered colored pencil and watercolor drawings of all the "wondrous and rare animals" evoke the lush rain forests.