But, we didn t see it. With that in mind, lets enter this strange and distant, but very important, environment. Enroute to the story, we are attracted to the inside of the book cover. There, Lynne Cherry portrays the original and present-day extent of the rain forests in Central and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The decline in the size of each of these rain forests is expected to continue.
Lets read the story and look at the illustrations.
A foreman has directed a woodsman to chop down a kapok tree in the rain forest. As he does so, various members of the fauna observe and make sounds. We infer that the foreman left the area. The task tires the woodsman and he sits down to rest. It is difficult to believe this story.