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"Seven graduate students are recruited by a microbiology start-up and dispatched to a mysterious lab in Hawaii. There they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier. But once in the Oahu rain forest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness where they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power. To survive, they must harness the inherent forces of nature itself"--Publisher's description....
2) Mez's magic
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Lost rainforest volume 1
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Mez, a panther who discovers her magical powers after an eclipse, must unite the other animals to save Caldera from an evil force.
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"Conservation biologist Martin Jenkins and acclaimed fine artist Vicky White expertly guide readers into the complex ecosystem of Malaysia's Taman Negara. Conversational prose and photorealistic black-and-white artwork--punctuated by four jaw-dropping full-color spreads--evoke the whir of cicadas and the low call of a pheasant. Pages fill with ants and elephants, leopards and hornbills, gibbons and bats, as animals spread and fertilize seeds to help...
4) The explorer
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Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines.
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"Under the canopy of the rainforest, hundreds of animals make their homes--from the slender parrot snake to the colorful poison dart frog. But up in the trees hides a whole other world, where toucans and pale-billed woodpeckers chatter and call, capuchin monkeys swing from the vines, and sleek-furred jaguars rule the night. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden among the roots, above the winding rivers ... and under...
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 6
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Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.
7) Monkey time
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"Monkey tries to catch the brightly colored--and tasty-looking--minutes on the minute tree in his forest. Introduces basic concepts about time and how time passes and is measured"--
9) The Amazon
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Introduces the Amazon River and the rain forest that surrounds it, describing their physical characteristics and the plants and animals that live there, and discusses its people, their history, economic and social conditions, and other details --
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Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 32
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The Thea Sisters are off to save the rainforest in Malaysia!
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High in the canopy of the rain forest, a sloth spends her days and nights, camouflaged from predators. She moves very little. You might not spot her because she has a secret life. Follow her as she swims and climbs, looks for food, escapes a harpy eagle, and gives birth to her son...caring for him until the day when she will leave him to live a secret life of his own.
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Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community.
13) Wild fire
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Leopard shifter Conner Vega carries the scent of a wild animal in its prime, and bears the soul-crushing sins of past betrayals. Isabeau Chandler's never forgiven him--or forgotten him. The mating urge is still with her, and hotter than ever.
15) Gogi's gambit
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"Gogi and the other shadowwalkers race to save their magical rainforest home before the Ant Queen makes it her own"--
17) Rainforest
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This volume is the result of Thomas Marent's 16-year journey across five continents. It celebrates the fascinating behaviour and variety of rainforest animals and plants - from resourceful leaf-clutter ants to the multi-hued clouds of butterflies and birds that flutter high in the tree tops.
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"In Nature Numbers, math is beautiful, recognizable, and all around us! Highly engaging full-color photos of animals and nature scenes, along with cool chalk illustrations, are used to introduce basic math concepts and encourage kids to see a world of numbers all around them.K-2 math concepts include measuring. This book explores measuring elements of the rainforest with amazing nature pictures and chalk illustrations! "--