Someone, probably the foreman, is going to cut down that tree. No need for some administrator to fire the woodsman. But, the administrator will surely put the foreman on notice that he will be next to go if that is the best work he can get out of the help. The story and the illustrations do give the readers a glimpse of the awesome beauty of the rain forest and the marvelous creatures that inhabit it, and do remind them that it is being destroyed at an alarming rate. More species of plants and animals live in the tropical rain forest than in all the rest of the biomes of the world combined.
Many species become extinct each year.
Humans do that. After all, to a scientist and to those who are literate in biology, evolution is a rational topic. Piaget told us not to expect rational thoughts in children. This is the kind of story that is good to read together again and again. We are suggesting that even if we use this book to teach ecology in the middle-school general science classes, it may be better understood by most youngsters later in life.