One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest

by Jean Craighead George

Book Overview

Today is doomsday for a young Venezuelan Indian boy's beloved rain forest and its animal life--unless he and a visiting naturalist can save it. George makes drama large and small out of the minute-by-minute events in an ecosystem . . . gripping ecological theater. --C. An example of nonfiction writing at its best. --SLJ.

Notable 1990 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1990 (NSTA/CBC)

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064420167
• ISBN13: 9780064420167
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5

Customer Reviews

Tepui's Challenge

ONE DAY IN THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST AUTHOR-JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGEGENRE-ADVENTURE/REALISTIC FICTIONPAGES-66SETTING-TROPICAL RAINFOREST OF THE MACAWCHARACTERS-TEPUI, DR.RIVERO , A ORNITHOLOGIST, HERPETOLOGIST, MAMMALOLOGIST , AND A BOTONIST.THIS IS A MUST READ BOOK IF YOU LIKE ADVENTURE OR THE RAINFOREST! IT'S ABOUT A BOY NAMED TEPUI AND A SCIENTIST NAMED DR. RIVERO. THEY HAVE AN URGENT PROBLEM, THERE ARE 11 BULLDOSERS AND FOUR TRUCKS CARRYING 20 CHAINSAWERS THAT WANT TO CUT DOWN THE RAINFOREST FOR FARMLAND. TEPUI AND DR. RIVERO MUST FIND A NEW BUTTERFLY TO SAVE THE RAINFOREST, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE LESS THAN A DAY BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION BEGINS. CAN THEY DO IT? The author writes very suspenseful, and teaches us valuable lessons throughout the story. We are constantly learning more about the BALANCE of the Rain Forest and the miraculous events going on simultaneously around the main characters. I can't wait to read other books by this author. You can tell she does a great deal of research about her topics and enjoys the outdoors.

Adventures in the Rain Forest

Today is doomsday for the tropical rain forest. Tepui and Dr. Rivero must discover a nameless butterfly before the end of the day to save the rain forest. It is a very interesting story because it tells alot about animals in the rain forest and it describes the time period when the action occurs in a very realistic way. I would like to read more books by this author. I am in third grade.

Reviewed by 2 groups of 3rd grade ESL students

1. This book is about Tepui, a boy who lives in the Tropical Rain Forest of the Macaw. The bulldozers and chain sawyers are headed toward the rain forest. Tepui and Dr. Rivero, a biologist, have one more day left to save the rain forest. They need to catch a nameless butterfly, then a rich man will buy the rain forest and name the butterfly after his daughter. Will they be in time? This book is awesome because it has a lot of information about the rain forest and it's a good story.2. This book is about Tepui, an Indian boy. He lives in a Venezuelan rain forest. Tepui and Dr. Rivero (a biologist) have one day to find a butterfly without a name. If they find the butterfly, a rich man will name the butterfly after his daughter, and buy the rain forest. Will they find the butterfly in time? This book is cool because it has interesting facts about the rain forest.

Useful to teach many skills, and rain forest conservation

This book is the basis of my most recent math unit. I used it for sequencing, story problems, and as a branching of point to other rain forest literature It's chronological angle provides an excellent sequencing and timeline project and the diversity in wild life shared gives more reason to save the ever dwindling forest. Last, but not least, it can be a tool to teach all about the importance of the rain forest.

A young boy's determination to save his beautiful homeland

This is a great book. At the start I thought I was headed into a story of good versus bad, where nature played the good guy and man the bad. As if things could be that simple. Instead I found an honest well-balanced story that centers on a young boy's efforts to save his home in the rain forest. Ms. George provides fascinating descriptions of the many layers of animal and human life that are engaged in the same struggle for survival. All is brought to a satisfactory conclusion with the hidden acknowledgement that it still takes one kind of green stuff to save another kind of green stuff.