Species are portrayed there.) One by one the animals (so beautifully illustrated) whisper in the ear of the

Species of animals that are watching him as he tires? (Use the inside of the covers for help. Overtakes him ( - “the heat and hum of the forest had lulled him to sleep”). The task tires the woodsman and he sits down to rest. Woodsman’s attack on the tree trunk are described in words (sounds of the ax) and we see in the Members of the fauna observe and make sounds. Will there be another story someday about the rain forest and its water? Lets read the story and look at the illustrations.Ī foreman has directed a woodsman to chop down a kapok tree in the rain forest. Someone is coveting the rain forest-both the land, for crop production, and the timber. Because of our dramatic human population growth (biologists would say that we are in the exponential phase of our population growth), we are experiencing an ever increasing demand for natural resources.

The decline in the size of each of these rain forests is expected to continue. There, Lynne Cherry portrays the original and present-day extent of the rain forests in Central and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Enroute to the story, we are attracted to the inside of the book cover. With that in mind, lets enter this strange and distant, but very important, environment.

If you want it to be there, think of it as action that has occurred before the story begins somebody, some company, some governing body has decided that they can harvest the rain forest. Since the resolution of these human issues are primarily economic and political, we should expect to see this played out in some way in this book.But, we didn't see it. But, it has an adult level that touches two significant problems: the conflicting environmental interests of mankind within differing cultures and, the need to increase our children's awareness of these conflicts. This book is 30 pages in length and, in the first reading, appears to be intended for children. Book Reviews Research Notes Botany Resources

The great kapok tree by lynne cherry