Amazon adventure : how tiny fish are saving the world's largest rainforest / written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Keith Ellenbogen.
Material type:
TextSeries: Scientists in the fieldPublisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 65 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780544352995
- 0544352998
- Montgomery, Sy -- Travel -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature
- Ecology -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature
- Ecology -- Brazil -- Rio Negro (Amazonas) -- Juvenile literature
- Biotic communities -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature
- Fishes -- Brazil -- Rio Negro (Amazonas) -- Juvenile literature
- Fishes -- Amazon River -- Juvenile literature
- Amazon River -- Juvenile literature
- Rio Negro (Amazonas, Brazil) -- Juvenile literature
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 577.0981 M788 | Available | 33111008945343 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Considered the "lungs of the world," the Amazon provides a full fifth of the world's oxygen, and every year unsustainable human practices destroy 2.7 million acres. What can be done to help? That's where Project Piaba comes in.
Join the award-winning author Sy Montgomery and the photographer Keith Ellenbogen as they traverse the river and rainforest to discover how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve the Amazon, its animals, and the rich legacy of its people. Amazon Adventure is an eye-opening--and ultimately hopeful--exploration of how humanity's practices are affecting and shaping not only the Amazon, but our entire environment.
Age 10-12.
Grade 4 to 6.
"Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and its often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Little fishes, giant jungle -- Kingdom of the cardinals -- Scott's story -- Barcelos -- Festival of the fishes -- From fish morgue to fish spa -- Daracua.