Juana Martinez-Neal
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Zonia's Rainforest
A stunning picture book celebrating life in the Amazon rainforest, from Caldecott Honor winner Juana Martinez-Neal. Zonia’s home is in the rainforest in Peru. Her days are filled with play and adventure. Every morning she visits the sloth family, greets the giant anteater and runs with the speedy jaguar. But when the rainforest calls to her in distress, how will Zonia answer? From an award-winning author-illustrator comes a heartfelt celebration of the wonders of the rainforest told through the eyes of Zonia, a girl from the Indigenous Asháninka nation. With extra information about the rainforest and the Asháninka community, this is a joyful, beautiful and informative introduction to a natural wonder.
A Gift of Dust
From two award-winning creators comes a picture book that reveals the hidden wonders of how Saharan Dust impacts the world: from slowing a hurricane to nourishing a rainforest.This dust . . .of what lived oncesustains what lives today and what will be born . . .tomorrow.An ancient catfish becomes a fossil, and as the lake where it lived dries up, the fossil turns to dust--but this isn''t ordinary dust. This dust begins in Chad, West Africa, but winds carry it across the continent, over the Atlantic ocean, to nourish and replenish the Amazon rain forest and beyond. A Gift of Dust takes readers on a journey that shows just how interconnected our planet is, and how something so small can have such a huge impact. With lyrical, awe-inspiring verse based in fact, and stunning art from a Caldecott honoree, this is a story for our times.
Vypredané
22,99 €
