In the cloud forest, a tree frog drops into a leafy green umbrella, then a toucan leaps in, followed by a kinkajou, baby tapir, and quetzal bird. And what happens when an impulsive monkey tosses the umbrella in the river? An absolutely delightful Costa Rica rain forest story, fabulously illustrated.
(Picture book)

A bright green frog looks for his dinner – will it be an iguana, katydid, or boa snake (whoops, the frog is nearly a snack for the snake), but a nice crunchy moth is tasty. Stunning photographs. (Picture book)

A rhyming story with gorgeous collages takes you into the tropical rainforest. “Over in the jungle, wearing wings of shiny blue, lived a morpho butterfly, and her little morphos two.” (Picture book)

As the rain splashes down in the rain forest, a sloth slowly makes his way through the branches, howler monkeys roar, a poison dart frog tucks her tadpoles inside a bromeliad. Gorgeous collage illustrations. (Picture book)

A greedy parrot snatches fruit from his friends – a dreamy sloth, quizzical monkey, sharp-eyed snake, timid frog, cozy jaguar, and watchful iguana – but his big beak gets him in trouble. A rhyming story with bright collages, fun for little ones. (Picture book)

Morpha, a shiny new butterfly, gets advice from an older wiser butterfly about how to survive in the rain forest. While looking for her favorite food, Morpha runs into friends from her caterpillar days, the leaf-cutter ants and a friendly slug gives her tips on camouflage techniques. (Picture book)

Take a walk through the Bosque Eterno de los Ninos (Children's Eternal Rainforest), filled with howler monkeys, tent-making bats, two-toed sloths, jaguars, leaf-cutter ants and more. This rain forest in Costa Rica is preserved by the efforts of children worldwide.

The Scarlet Macaw Scandal (Nancy Drew)
Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew and her two best friends volunteer for a week in Corcovado National Park. The rain forest and wildlife are amazing, but there's a mystery behind the disappearing monkeys, and someone's poaching the endangered scarlet macaws. (Chapter book)

Bi-lingual story (English and Spanish) of Fernando and his family, living in the Costa Rican rain forest. When his friend Carmina's favorite climbing tree, an old cristobal tree, is cut down, Fernando finds a secret place for a new tree. (Picture book)

Fabulous paintings by six Costa Rican women ("Corazones Valientes") tell a story of generations of families, making tortillas, gathering tropical flowers, washing clothes and singing songs at bedtime. In English and Spanish. (Picture book)

A Ticket to Costa Rica
Tracey West

Get to know the people and places of Costa Rica – history and mystery of the first people, city and rural life, food and sports, tico music and art.
(Picture book, photographs)

Costa Rica
Kathleen W. Deady

Fun facts about Costa Rica – the land, rain forests, plants and animals, independence and government, holidays and everyday life. (Picture book)