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Rain Forests (Magic Tree House Research Guide) | 
| Author: Will And Ma Osborne
Creator: Sal Murdocca
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 142300
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0375813551
Dewey Decimal Number: 577.34
EAN: 9780375813559
ASIN: 0375813551
Publication Date: September 25, 2001
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What is the strangest plant in the rain forest? Which rain forest animal is the creepiest? What medicines have been discovered there? How can we save our rain forests? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Rain Forests, Jack and Annie#8217;s very own guide to the mysteries of the rain forest. Includes information on rain forests around the world; fun facts about rain-forest bugs, birds, plants, and animals; maps and photographs; and much more!
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 Environmental Risk Consultant September 17, 2007
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
Teachers should be advised to identify to students the possibility of environmental hyperbole in Chapter 7, "Saving the Rain Forests". Absence of scientific attribution to deforestation rates make it difficult to know whether the authors are using reliable scientific sources for their data or simply repeating hyperbole found in radical environmental materials. Scientific documentation used by Dr. Bjorn Lomborg in "The Skeptical Environmentalist" appears to be contrary to the deforestation issue information as portrayed by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne. I cannot recommend the use of Chapter 7 in this book in elementary school classrooms.
 Good info, v. readable March 14, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Our girls read this after a trip to the Amazon, and found lots that they recognized enjoyed. The standard of information is rather higher than that in the Magic Tree house books, which is reasonable, given that they don't have to worry about plot characters as well! pIf your child enjoys Magic Tree house, and would like to know more about the Amazon this is fine, but I would also recommend One Small Square: Tropical Rainforests (by Donald Silver). We took this with us to the rainforest (see review) and found it to be excellent.
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