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1. Gebhard, Wilfried (2002). What Eddie can do. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller.

Abstract:
Eddie goes on many adventures but ignores his mom’s advice on shoe tying lessons. After discovering his friend Clara, who needs to be rescued by a double tailed monster, Eddie takes time out and learns to tie knots, and succeeds in saving his friend.

Abstract provided by Esha Bhatara, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Adventures] [Animals] [Birds] [Cat] [Cave] [Conflict Resolution] [Decision Making] [Discovery] [Monkey] [Monsters] [Mountains] [Nonverbal Communication] [Parents] [Rainforest] [Rescue] [Ship] [Shoes] [Stress Management] [Tiger] [Transportation] [Travel] [Verbal Communication]

2. Goodall, Jane (2004). Rickie & Henri. New York: Penguin.

Abstract:
A baby chimpanzee, Rickie, gets shot and taken from her mother in the forest, and taken to a market in the Congo Republic. A man takes her and cares for her, along with his dog, Henri. The man and Henri provide love and food for Rickie until they take her to a chimpanzee sanctuary to live with other chimpanzees.

Abstract provided by Anne Jesionek, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [Animals] [Author's Note] [Careers] [Caring] [Chimpanzee] [Conflict Resolution] [Congo] [Critical Thinking] [Death] [Decision Making] [Dog] [Fear] [Feelings] [Friendship] [Hunting] [Love] [Multicultural] [Nonverbal Communication] [Peer Resistance] [Rainforest] [Rescue] [Sadness] [Stress Management]

3. Mitchell, Susan K. (2007). The rainforest grew all around. Mount Pleasant, SC: Sylvan Dell Publishing.

Abstract:
Imaginations soar while following the circle of life in the rainforest. Children learn about the wide variety of creatures lurking in the jungle. Search each page to find unique rainforests bugs and butterflies hiding in the illustrations.

Abstract provided by Sylvan Dell Publishing, 2007 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Adaptation] [Amphibians] [Animals] [Ant] [Author's Note] [Bat] [Birds] [Bodies Of Water] [Cat] [Dragonfly] [Flowers] [Frog] [Habitat] [Insects] [Pattern] [Plants] [Rainforest] [Rhythm] [River] [Seed] [Sloth] [Snake] [South American] [Tree]

4. Witte, Anna (2004). The parrot tico tango. Cambridge, MA: Barefoot Books.

Abstract:
Set in a Rainforest of Costa Rica, greediness consumes a parrot named Tico Tango. However, what comes around goes around, and as Tico Tango finds out in this morally centered text, sometimes getting everything you want is not what you need.

Abstract provided by Erica Seagraves, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Animals] [Apology] [Bully] [Colors] [Conflict Resolution] [Consequences] [Conservation] [Costa Rica] [Culture] [Decision Making] [Environment] [Food] [Forgiveness] [Friendship] [Giving] [Greed] [Guilt] [Nonverbal Communication] [Nutrition] [Peer Resistance] [Poetry] [Rainforest] [Resolution] [Rhyme] [Science] [Selfishness] [Stress Management] [Unselfish]
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