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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? A delightful Costa Rica rain forest story. (Board book)
Another board book: Pop-Up Peekaboo! Rainforest
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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
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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)
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A little sloth takes life slowly, swaying in the breeze, munching on leaves, taking long naps. But from his branch he watches life in the rainforest – a butterfly hatching, spider weaving its web, lizard walking on water, hummingbird like a flying jewel, orchids blooming one after the other. Delightful story. (Picture book)
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Ten wiggly tadpole eggs fall off their leaf , plunging into the river, hiding from predators like dragon flies and fish, while they grow into froglets, then leap out of the water up into the trees, where the red-eyed treefrogs live, high up in the rainforest. Wonderfully illustrated. (Picture book)
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As
the rain splashes down in the rain forest, a sloth slowly makes
his way through the branches, morpha butterfly flutters by, poison dart
frog tucks her tadpoles inside a bromeliad, toucans glide through the mist. Gorgeous collage illustrations.
(Picture book)
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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)
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An excellent
guide to Monteverde cloud forests – the birds, especially
the bellbird and quetzel, butterflies, plants, nocturnal animals
and those hard-to-see camouflaged animals. (Picture book)
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Three mysteries with Nancy Drew and her best friends in Costa Rica - the rainforest and wildlife are amazing but someone is poaching endangered scarlet macaws and a dead sea turtle ends up in an eco-friendly resort (Chapter books)
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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)
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A magic postcard transports Carlos and Camila to Costa Rica. They hike in the rain forest, excited to see colorful frogs, macaws, hummingbirds, and toucans, visit a wildlife sanctuary with butterflies and howler monkeys, raft down a river, zip line across tree tops, ride horses around volcano, and snorkel with tropical fish in the warm ocean. (Easy reader)
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