One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest

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Today is doomsday for a young Venezuelan Indian boy's beloved rain forest and all of its wildlife--unless he and a visiting scientist can save it. "George makes drama large and small out of the minute-by-minute events in an ecosystem . . . gripping ecological theater".--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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  One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest

  • 1995-09-29
  • 80 pages
  • Paperback
  • Harper Collins

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