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Where is the Amazon? /

"Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is ...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland...

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Main Authors: Fabiny, Sarah
Group Author: Colón, Daniel
Published: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Where is
Subjects:
Rain forests > Amazon River Region > Juvenile literature
Natural history > Amazon River Region > Juvenile literature
Amazon River Region > Juvenile literature
Amazon River > Juvenile literature
Amazon River Region > Geography > Juvenile literature
Amazon River Region > Discovery and exploration > Juvenile literature
Amazon River Region > Environmental conditions > Juvenile literature
Summary: "Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is ...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. Where
Carrier Form: 108 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 20 cm.
Audience: Ages 8 to 12.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
ISBN: 9780448488264 (paperback) :
0448488264 (paperback)
9780399542336 (hardcover)
0399542337 (hardcover)
9781484481455
1484481453
Index Number: F2546
CLC: K977.04
Call Number: K977.04/F119
Contents: Where Is the Amazon? -- The River Changes Course -- First Settlers -- Search for the City of Gold -- More Discoveries -- The People of the Amazon -- Layers of a Rain Forest -- Incredible Creatures -- Protecting the Forest -- A Trip down the Amazon -- Timelines.

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