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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This detailed journey through the Costa Rican cloud forests could be such a valuable tool to use during units on ecosystems or habitats. Each page is filled with colorful and labeled illustrations of the birds, plants, and wildlife in the forest along with story like text that explains the illustration. This book talks about the forests that lay on top of mountains in the clouds in Costa Rica. Throughout the book it talks about the different kinds of species you'll find there from birds, to animals, plants to insects. At the end of the book it begins to talk about endangered species such as the Golden Toads. This book is to raise awareness of the damage that pesticides could have on a number of different plants and animals even from far far away. This book was great for showing children what kind of animals are in the forests, on every page they illustrated and labeled different species. Genre: Informational 1: I would introduce this book if we were talking about rain forests or animals that live in different places. 2: I would introduce this book also if we were doing a section on endangered species and some of the causes for them. The Forest in the Clouds Informational Nonfiction Written by Sneed B. Collard, Illustrated by Michael Rothman (2000) Although “The Forest in the Clouds” was an informational book aimed for children, I thought there were some flaws; therefore, I am only giving it a three star rating. The author and illustrator take the reader through a tour of the cloud forest. I thought the book was a little difficult to navigate through because there were no headings or sections. The best way to find what the page was about was to look at the pictures that matched the paragraphs. For example, the page where the animals were hiding from the rain was about the forest’s climate and the page with only birds on it was focused upon bird species. The pictures were also labeled which helps the reader follow what the author is talking about. Things such as a fig tree, brown hooded parrots, and wild avocado were labeled in the illustrations. I also appreciated how the author used specific numbers in “The Forest in the Clouds” to describe things such as the average height of trees or number of species. There was also a glossary at the end that included popular vocabulary used throughout the book such as: camouflage, migrants, nocturnal, nutrient, predator, trade wind, and tropical cloud forest. Overall, the book had well written content, but was difficult to navigate through and was a little lengthy for a children’s informational text. Genre: This book is a good example of informational because the book is very informative of the forests of Costa Rica and different risks it encounters. The information is very specific to different animals and to its setting and gave websites to visit to further the learning experience. Informational: 5 stars Age: Intermediate/Middle School sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Describes some of the exotic plants and animals that live in the cloud forest of Costa Rica, and discusses some environmental threats faced by this region. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This would count as an informational genre.
This I would read to older elementary students. For the younger students I would read pieces of the book if we were studying birds, plants, or animals in the jungle.