From the acclaimed author of Over and Under the Snow , Kate Messner! Now in paperback, Tree of Wonder is an exciting introduction to the biodiversity of the rainforest biome. From two Great Green Macaws to 1,024 Leaf-cutter Ants, readers will delight in counting each animal that makes a home in the heart of the rainforest, where life multiplies again and again in the shade of just one almendro tree. • An eye-opening way of visualizing numbers • Features playful, forest-themed word problems • A lush and fascinating story Deep in the forest, in the warm-wet green, one almendro tree grows, stretching its branches toward the sun—in and under those branches, all sustained by one tree, thousands of rainforest creatures are living. Count each one as life multiplies again and again in this book about the rainforest's abundant beauty, and the wonderful multiplicity of life. • A stunning read for kids who can't get enough of the rainforest and all the animals living in it • Equal parts educational and beautiful, this book is perfect for parents and grandparents, librarians, and math, literature, and science teachers • A great gift for kids 5 to 8 years old who love nature, rainforests, animals, and learning more about the world • Add it to the shelf with books like The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer, The Animal Book by Lonely Planet Kids, and A Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Aston. "With a mix of math, literature, and science, this title has broad audience appeal."-School Library Connection SB&F Award of Excellence "Beautiful."--Imagination Soup "Enlightening..descriptive and poetic."--School Library Journal Kate Messner is an award-winning author whose many books for kids have been selected as Best Books by the New York Times , Junior Library Guild, IndieBound, and Bank Street College of Education. She lives on Lake Champlain with her family. Simona Mulazzani was born in Milan. The illustrator of more than 60 books for publishers around the world, she has received a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators. She lives in Pesaro, Italy. An eye-opening way of visualizing numbers
Features playful forest-themed word problems
A lush and fascinating story
A stunning read for kids who can't get enough of the rainforest and all the animals living in it
Equal parts educational and beautiful this book is perfect for parents and grandparents librarians and math literature and science teachers
A great gift for kids 5 to 8 years old who love nature rainforests animals and learning more about the world
Add it to the shelf with books like The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer The Animal Book by Lonely Planet Kids and A Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Aston