Amazonia

Book Overview

Amazonia is an extraordinary book of Brazilian folk tales that combines the authentic voice of Munduruku, an Indian who grew up in the Amazon rainforest, with the imagined Amazon of Russia's foremost children's book illustrator. Mermaids, serpents, tigers, snakes, flying men, witches -- extraordinary creatures from the world's most important jungle live on in these tales. The stories are fascinating, and sometimes startling, as protagonists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554981859
• ISBN13: 9781554981854
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 5