Gorgeous endpapers include a map and labeled illustrations of a range of Amazon wildlife. Her lush, colored-pencil and watercolor pictures convey the magic and magnificence of the complex ecosystem, with plant and animal life of every form filling the pages elegantly and abundantly: Her thoughtful text conveys the surprising fragility of this awesome environment. Finally, a young child of the Yanomamo tribe whispers, “Senior, when you awake, please look upon us all with new eyes.” And that is exactly what the man does.Īward-winning author/illustrator Cherry visited Brazil’s Amazon rain forest to research her illustrations for this moving environmental fable. A boa constrictor, monkeys, colorful birds, a small tree frog, a jaguar, tree porcupines, anteaters, and a three-toed sloth take their turns, each giving an additional reason for the man to abandon his mission and choose to preserve this unique environment.
“You see, all living things depend on one another,” buzzes the bee. When he lies down to rest, the creatures that inhabit the tree and the surrounding forest come to whisper in his ear, each in its own fashion begging him to spare their home. Read alikes: Fernando's Gift/El Regalo de Fernando by Douglas Keister Nature's Green Umbrella by Gail Gibbons The Umbrella by Jan Brett The Rainforest Grew All Around by Susan K.In the dense, green Amazon rain forest, a man has come to chop down a great Kapok tree. Keywords: Interconnectedness Connections Indigenous people Cherry’s lovingly rendered colored pencil and watercolor drawings of all the "wondrous and rare animals" evoke the lush rain forests, as well as stunning world maps bordered by tree porcupines, emerald tree boas, and dozens more fascinating creatures." from the publisher While he sleeps, the forest’s residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the importance of trees and how "all living things depend on one another". One day, a man exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant kapok tree. " The author and artist Lynne Cherry journeyed deep into the rain forests of Brazil to write and illustrate her gorgeous picture book The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (1990).
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