A popular science writer takes readers on a tour of tropical rainforests, from the canopy to the forest floor, to introduce the plants and animals that inhabit them, including venomous snakes, spider monkeys, winding vines and colorful birds.

Children will delight in discovering the many plants and animals who call the rain forest home in a clever adaptation of the song "The Green Grass Grows All Around."

Describes the variety, beauty, and interrelatedness of plant and animal life found in rain forests in Costa Rica, Brazil, Nigeria, and Borneo.

Describes the environment of the rain forest and some of the birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles that live there.

This book describes food chains in the tropical rain forests of Southeast Asia, presenting information on plants that make up the first level of the food chain, animals that eat plants and make up the second level, and animals that eat other animals and make up the third level.

"Under the canopy of the rainforest, hundreds of animals make their homes--from the slender parrot snake to the colorful poison dart frog. But up in the trees hides a whole other world, where toucans and pale-billed woodpeckers chatter and call, capuchinmonkeys swing from the vines, and sleek-furred jaguars rule the night. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden among the roots, above the winding rivers...and under...

Through the magic of close-up photography, the author first asks the reader to identify an object found in a rain forest in a super-close-up picture, with the next page revealing the entire picture.

The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.

Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Ashaaninka community.