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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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)
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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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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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