Using a game-like format, this book illustrates the interaction of plants and animals in the Asian mangrove forest. The book's various story paths reveal the complicated and delicate food web of the mangrove forest. Engaging text and vivid design help convey key curricular concepts related to food webs and biomes.
Robin Hood: Outlaw of Sherwood Forest: an English Legend (Graphic Universe)
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Fiction literature | 19 November 2009
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Fooled into committing a crime by the king's foresters, young Robin Hood finds himself branded an outlaw. As he takes refuge in Sherwood Forest, he meets other hideaways who also unjustly find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Under Robin's leadership, these outlaws form a band of "merry men" who exact justice against the unfair laws of the land by stealing from the rich and giving their loot to the poor. Robin's exploits soon enrage the sheriff of Nottingham, who vows to capture his foe at any cost. Will Robin Hood fall into the sheriff's trap?
Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy - Forests
Forests are very complex ecosystems, and Bill Nye is all set to help students understand what they are all about. While their most obvious feature is trees, there's a world of activity and purpose in a forest, whether it is a tropical, deciduous, or rain forest. In Bill Nye the Science Guy: Forests, Nye shows students the levels of a forest, which include the canopy, the under story, and the floor.
Added by: Eliza_P | Karma: 370.60 | Black Hole | 10 October 2009
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Babar: King of the Elephants (1999) DVD
Babar is a young elephant in the great forest. Whilst out with his mother a hunter kills his mother and he flees to escape the same fate. He eventually finds himself in a human city and experiences the many differences between city and forest life.