One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest
by By George, Jean Craighead and Allen, Gary (ILT)
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction , Science & Nature , Earth Sciences , General

Today is doomsday for a young Venezuelan Indian boy's beloved rain forest and its animal life—unless he and a visiting naturalist can save it.  "George makes drama large and small out of the minute-by-minute events in an ecosystem . . . gripping ecological theater." —C.  "An example of nonfiction writing at its best." —SLJ.   Notable 1990 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1990 (NSTA/CBC)