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JASON XV: Rainforests at the Crossroads

Other Novels & Literature Connections

The following list of books, novels, and movie might help you further infuse this year's JASON curriculum into your classroom.  Please note, all of these books have not been reviewed by our staff. They are simply a collection of resources that have been located that tie into the rainforest theme. Titles may be listed in more than one category, and resources listed in only one category may be appropriate for more than one level.

Feel free to email us with suggestions, additions, or deletions.
 

Primary Resources

Title Author
The Great Kapok Tree Lynn Cherry
The Invisible Hunters / Los Cazadores Harriet Rohmer
Little Painter of Sabana Grande Patricia Markun
Look Out for Turtles M. Berger
The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo Jean Craighead George
Oil Spill M. Berger
One Day in the Tropical Rainforest Jean Craighead George
Rain Forest Deni Brown
Rain Forest Elinor Greenwood
Rain Forest Barbara Taylor
Tom Cringle - Battle of the High Seas Gerald Hausman
Jaguarundi Virginia Hamilton
V for Vanishing: An Alphabet of Endangered Animals Patricia Mullins
Nature's Green Umbrella Gail Gibbons
Tropical RainForests Around the World Elaine Landau
Rainforest Secrets Arthur Dorros
Tropical Rain Forests Emilie Lepthien
Just a Dream Chris Van Allsburg
Will We Miss Them? Alexandra Wright
Mola: Cuna Life Stories and Art Maricel Presilla
Movie: Fern Gully Movie: The Magic School Bus:
In the Rainforest
Middle Grades Resources
Title Author
The Cay Theodore Taylor
The Coral Island Robert Ballantyne
Culebra Cut Judith Head
Does it Always Rain in the Rainforest M & G Berger
Dinosaur Summer Greg Bear
Green Thumb Rob Thomas
If I Ever Return Again Corinne Dumas
Life at the Top Ellen Doris
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World Kathryn Lasky
One Day in the Tropical Rainforest Jean Craighead George
Rainy Season Adele Griffin
Story in the Stone Tim Gidwitz
Sunwing Kenneth Oppel
Sweet Friday Island Theodore Taylor
Timothy of the Cay Theodore Taylor
Before We Were Free Julia Alvarez
Rainforest Secrets Arthur Dorros
Life in the Rainforests Lucy Baker
Our Endangered Planet: Tropical Rain Forests Cornelia F. Mutel &  Mary M. Rodgers
Make Your Own Rain Forest Damian Johnston
Amazon: A Young Reader's Look at the Last Frontier Peter Lourie
Journey Through a Tropical Jungle Adrian Forsyth
The Tapir's Morning Bath Elizabeth Roythe
The Journey of the Red-Eyed Tree Frog Martin and Tanis Jordan
Panther Dream Bob Weir and Wendy Weir
At Home in the Rain Forest Diane Willow
Antonio's Rain Forest adapted by Anna Lewington
Explore a Tropical Forest edited by Donald J. Crump
Conserving Rain Forests Martin Banks
Wildlife of the Rainforest Andrew Mitchell
Rainforest Destruction Tony Hare
Feathers like a Rainbow Flora
Who Lives in the Rainforest? (Science Emergent Readers) Susan Canizares, Mary Reid
High School Resources
Title Author
The Dark Frigate Charles B. Hawes
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson
The Path Between the Seas David McCullough
Before We Were Free Julia Alvarez
City of the Beasts Isabel Allende
The Tapir's Morning Bath Elizabeth Roythe
A Magic Web Christian Ziegler