Publish Date |
November 07, 2023 |
Category |
Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino |
Price |
$15.95 |
ISBN: 9781623718183
Format: Paperback
Pages: 48
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group Inc
Published: November 07, 2023
“A welcome and timely introduction to a pioneering Brazilian conservationist … Readers learn about the semi-feudal system under which rubber tapper communities toiled, exploited by rich landowners who deliberately sought to keep workers and their families illiterate and thus disempowered … Ganeri’s biographical account uses a narrative nonfiction style and is interspersed with factual information about the Amazon forest … [and] Carpentier’s vibrant and colorful folk art–style illustrations.”“This beautiful picture-book biography brings readers the story of Brazilian environmentalist Chico Mendes and his important work to preserve and protect the Amazon rainforest …These events come to life in Carpentier’s eye-catching, full-page illustrations, which use vibrant shades of red, green, pink, and deep purple to bring out the beauty of the rainforest, its animals, and the people who live there.”“Ganeri inspires with this empathic biography of activist Chico Mendes (1944–1988) and his fight to save the Amazon rainforest … Seamlessly woven throughout is essential context about the challenges and … the pivotal impact of Mendes’s work. Ganeri’s fact-filled narration is balanced by evocative details … while Carpentier’s tropical-hued digital illustrations incorporate chalk textures, helping readers to visualize the Amazon’s destruction … Ages 7–12.”School Library Journal Best Book of 2022