Book In Review

        Rain Forests was written by Colleen Sexton and published in 2008 by Bellweather Media.  It is a part of the Learn About The Earth series put out by Scholastic, Children’s Press.

         Rain Forest has many wonderful, colorful pictures of the life included in the variety of life forms in the rain forest.  In simplistic words and pictures this book gives an overview of the types of plants, animals and people who live in the forests.

         It talks about the ways that the rain forest adds to the fullness of the world.  It tells of the medicines that are made of the plants and trees in the rain forest and it also tells of the need to protect the resources in the rain forest.