Little Kids First Big Book of The Rainforest

This book has proven to be the centerpiece of a study of rainforests that I am undertaking with my 5 y/o this fall. We have read the whole thing, cover to cover, and decided to transform our dining room that we use as a classroom into a rainforest. We are crafting and painting pictures of the animals she has chosen from the book, and before we hang each up, she writes a little sign in her own words about the animal/plant. The book has been the cornerstone of the whole project, and the photos have been wonderfully inspiring for our art projects. We definitely have used other books to help us along and go deeper, including In the Rainforest, by Kate Duke, which is also amazing. But this book was the perfect place to start, and when we move on to other subjects, I definitely plan to try to utilize other books in this series.

I like to read with my grandson and he enjoys reading and learning about bugs or anything for that matter

This is a lovely book with a well thought out layout. Facts are interesting and beautiful photos. This has book has really engaged my 6 year old and she looks at it every day

Beautiful pictures! Great resource to teach little ones about the rain forest!!

We love this book! My almost 5 year old son had a week of rainforest work for homeschooling and we really didn’t have any books on rain forests. Not a cheap book but decided to give it a try having read the reviews. Having arrived at 9am, he then spent until 11am glued to the book & keeps going back to it! The pictures are really stunning and there is just the right amount of information on each page to be informative & memorable but not bombard the reader. Great little fact file about each of the animals & nice and interactive, asking questions to the reader. My only negative is that I found the American spelling of ‘color’ rather than colour, but I can forgive that as it’s such a great book! Worth every penny!