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Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
c1965, 1991
Language
English
Description
The timely story of how the forces of change converge on a small tribe of Niaruna Indians living in the heart of the Amazon rain forest. In addition to being a prophetic commentary on emerging threats to the environment, and the troublesome encroachment of the modern world on traditional cultures, the novel is a suspenseful adventure story about two men striving to find meaning in a world not their own.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2005, c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.
4) Amazon Fever
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Jeff accompanies his uncle to the Amazon rain forest to acquire butterflies for a museum exhibit, he hopes to see real jaguars as well.
5) The Amazon
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Discusses the historical origins, beliefs, arts, family life, cultural clashes with whites, and future hopes of the Amerindians of the Amazon.
6) Yanomami
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Facts about the Yanomami indigenous peoples of South America. Includes information about their traditions, myths, social activities, the development of their culture, methods of hunting and gathering, rituals, and their daily lives. Intended for fifth to eighth grade students"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
Español
Description
When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"One activist's story shows how indigenous communities can fight to protect their sacred lands-and win"--
Esta emotiva historia, de narrativa poética y bellas ilustraciones, recordará a los lectores la importancia de conservar la naturaleza, ser perseverantes y alzarse en defensa de uno mismo y de la comunidad.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When you are racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he threw a scruffy but dignified mongrel a meatball one afternoon. When they left the next day, the dog followed. Try as they might, they couldn't lose him - and soon Mikael realised that he didn't want to. Crossing...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
"Fascinating and highly readable account of an ethnobotanist's research on medicinal plants and hallucinogens among the Trio and Oyana of Suriname/Brazil and the Yanomamo of Venezuela. In view of the declining importance of shamanism and loss of plant knowledge due to rapid cultural change, author encourages research promoting the patenting of indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants, which may also serve as an important revenue source for indigenous-based...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2005, c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the unconquered, the last survivors of an ancient culture that predates the arrival of Columbus. Journalist Scott Wallace chronicles an expedition into the Amazon's uncharted depths, discovering the rainforest's secrets while moving ever closer to a possible encounter with...
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Looking for a new prescription for serious illness? Take eight intrepid patients, add a team of indigenous medicine men and shamans, and mix for 30 days in the Peruvian Amazon. Suffering from conditions ranging from Parkinson's to prostate cancer to diabetes, these patients are motivated by a commitment to heal naturally and sheer desperation to end their suffering.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Panama wild: A look at the complex partnership of plant and animal in a pristine rain forest on a Panamanian Island. -- Amazon: Explores the Amazon River region where every year flood waters overflow the riverbanks, invading the land and creating a wondrous world where the life of river and forest is joined. Naturalist Michael Goulding shares his knowledge of the area, its people, and interrelationships among fish and animals of the forest canopy....
Author
Series
Children of the lamp volume 5
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Djinn twins John and Philippa, along with their Uncle Nimrod, travel to the Amazon jungle to try to recover a stolen collection of rare Incan artifacts.
19) Crude
Publisher
First Run Features
Language
English
Description
"An inside look at the infamous $27 billion "Amazon Chernobyl" case, Crude is a real-life high stakes legal drama set against a backdrop of the environmental movement, global politics, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, the media, multinational corporate power, and rapidly-disappearing indigenous cultures"--Container.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"Explora las maravillas de la Amazonía con Zonia, una niña asháninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un día por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento." --contraportada.
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. Lush illustrations are complemented by back matter about the Ashaninka community.