Chico Mendes
Subtitle: fight for the forest
By: Susan DeStefano ; illustrated by Larry Raymond.
Contributors: Raymond, Larry, ill.
Series: Earth keepers
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books; Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Frederick, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: Mendes, Chico, d. 1988 -- Juvenile literature; Mendes, Chico, d. 1988; Conservationists -- Brazil -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Rubber tappers -- Brazil -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Rain forest conservation -- Brazil -- Juvenile literature; Rain forest conservation -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature; Deforestation -- Brazil -- Juvenile literature; Deforestation -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature; Conservationists; Rain forest conservation -- Amazon River Region
Description: Relates the story of the rubber tapper who was murdered because of his protest movement to stop the destruction of the Amazon rain forest.
Notes: Includes index.