TD Summer Reading Club 2010
Destination Jungle
A program of the CNIB Library
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Guide to Books and Activities
at the CNIB Library
Intro
Kit Contents
Activities and Prizes
Clan Descriptions
How to Contact Us
Book Lists
Intro
Go wild this summer and explore Destination Jungle! It’s all
part of the TD Summer Reading Club, offered through the
CNIB Library.
Read books on everything from the Amazon rainforest to the
urban jungle. Take part in the activities described in this
guide, and earn points for prizes. The more points you earn,
the better your chances of winning! Remember, every time
you participate you’re earning points for your clan too! Plus,
you can win instant prizes all summer long!
Outside of North America, there are five main zones in the
world where jungles and rainforests are found. You have
been randomly assigned to a clan for this summer’s team
challenge. Each clan is named for an animal found in one of
these different jungle zones. Be sure to read more about the
animal your clan is named for, in the clan descriptions
section of this guide.
How do you know which clan you’re on? Your clan name is
listed on the cover of the Jungle Journal you’ll find in this kit.
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Here’s a list of the clans:
Clan Okapi
Africa (includes: Madagascar, Liberia, Cameroon, Congo,
Nigeria, Ivory Coast)
Clan Tarsier
Asia (includes: Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India,
Thailand, Philippines)
Clan Kookaburra
South Pacific (includes: Australia, New Guinea, New
Zealand)
Clan Kinkajou
Central America (includes: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico,
Honduras)
Clan Anaconda
South America (includes: Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname,
Peru)
Remember, the clan that has the most points at the end of
the summer will be named as the winning team! Every
member of that clan who helped earn points, will be sent a
very special reward.
Now it’s time to find out more about what else is in your kit
and how to earn points for prizes.
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Kit Contents
1. Destination Jungle CDs
There are two CDs in your kit: one CD is an audio recording
of this guide. If you’d like this guide in contracted or
uncontracted braille, please contact us. The other CD is a
collection of three DAISY books.
2. Free DAISY book
We’re sending three complete books all on one DAISY CD in
the kit! Don’t have a DAISY player yet? You can download
DAISY software to your computer or contact your local CNIB
office or public library to find out how to get a DAISY player.
Books included on the enclosed DAISY CD:
For kids up to 7 years old
The shaman’s apprentice: a tale of the Amazon rainforest
Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing
properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and
hopes one day to be a healer for his people.
For kids 8 to 12 years old
Evangeline Mudd and the golden-haired apes of the Ikkinasti
jungle
When Evangeline Mudd's primatologist parents travel
without her to the Ikkinasti Jungle to study the goldenhaired apes, Evangeline and the world-famous Dr. Aphrodite
Pikkaflee are eventually called upon to rescue the Mudds and
save the jungle from the evil schemes of Aphrodite's moneymad brother.
For kids 13 to 16 years old
Doc Wilde and the frogs of doom
High-tech gadgets, intense martial arts, and survival training
- just a normal day of school for Brian and Wren. When your
dad is the world-famous adventurer Doc Wilde, you can
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never be too prepared for danger and adventure. So when
Grandpa Wilde disappears into the South American jungle,
the Wilde family is hot on his trail and ready for anything.
But with an army of mutant frogs standing in the way, will
they be able to find Grandpa before something more sinister
finds them first?
QUICK TIPS:
- This CD is yours to keep, but any other CDs you get from
the library do have to be returned
- If you read one or more of these titles, don’t forget to add
them to your list of books that you’ve read this summer!
3. Jungle Journal
The cover of your Jungle Journal lists the name of your clan.
If you lose it you can always contact us to find out which
clan you belong to.
What’s the journal for? Use it to keep organized this
summer. The inside pockets of your journal can hold stories,
poems and book reviews as well as the list of books you’ve
read this summer. Use it to save information that you collect
while you’re working on the Clan Challenge questions too.
And, of course, your Jungle Journal is a great place to keep
this guide and book lists so you have them handy if you
want to refer to them anytime this summer.
4. Monkey
No one knows their way around the jungle better than a
monkey, so we’re sending you your very own. In case you’re
wondering, the teeny tiny t-shirt that this monkey is wearing
has the CNIB logo on it. It’s a fierce and cuddly CNIB
monkey! Your monkey also has little Velcro pads on the
palms of his teeny tiny hands…press them together and he’ll
hang on tight.
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Activities and Prizes
The CNIB Library will be having a special draw for prizes at
the end of the summer, in September. The more you
participate in the activities described in this guide, the more
points you earn. The more points you earn, the better your
chances of winning a prize! It’s simple!
There are five ways you can earn points for our prize draw.
As long as you keep in touch with us (make sure to give us
your name if you email or call!), the CNIB Library will keep
track of how many points you earn for yourself and for your
clan!
1. Book Reports
Read any book at all and then tell us what it was about and
why you liked or disliked it. Send these in to CNIB Library as
you do them, or save them in your journal to send in at the
end of the summer.
Points: Earn three points for each book report
2. Book List
Keep track of all the books and stories you read this
summer! Keep a list on your computer or keep it in your
Jungle Journal. Send CNIB Library the list at the end of the
summer. Remember you can read any book on any topic, in
any format that you want!
Points: Earn ten points for your list
3. Mystery Questions
This is something you can do every week over the summer
to win instant prizes as well as points!
Call CNIB Library at 1-800-268-8818 and press 3 for
KidsLine. Or, if you are between the ages of six and 14,
check out the Children’s Discovery Portal Speak Out page at
www.cnib.ca/cdlkids. If you want a username and password
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for the Portal and the Speak Out page, be sure to contact a
Reader Advisor.
There is a brand new question every Monday. The last
question will be available August 30 – September 5.
Points: Earn one point for each answer PLUS you also win an
instant prize, a sticker you can use to decorate your Jungle
Journal.
Remember, if you call and don’t know the answer right
away, you can always listen to the question, hang up and
call back later with the answer.
QUICK TIP:
- All of the answers to the Mystery Questions can be found
somewhere in the Book Lists!
Here’s one Mystery Question, just to get you started.
To earn your first prize:
In ‘Born for adventure’ Tom Ormsby helps to rescue Emin
Pasha on which continent?
Contact us with the correct answer and we’ll send you your
very first sticker.
4. Chat Room
Have you visited the Children’s Discovery Portal at
www.cnib.ca/cdlkids? Kids between the ages of six and 14
can login to check out accessible games, chat rooms and
other cool features.
If you want a username and password for the Portal and the
Chat, be sure to contact a Reader Advisor. Our Chat Rooms
are fully moderated and kids use nicknames, not real names
in the Chat.
Check the schedule on the Chat page to find out when the
Chat is open over the summer.
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Points: Earn one point for every chat you participate in,
between June 14 – September 5.
QUICK TIP:
- Chat is a perfect opportunity for you to connect with other
kids in your Clan.
5. Clan Challenge
Answer as many of these questions as you like, as often as
you like, any time this summer before September 5. Contact
CNIB Library with your answers (by phone, email, fax or
regular mail).
Clan Challenge Questions
1. Suggest a name for your clan’s animal. For example, if
your clan’s animal was a lemur, you might suggest the name
Lisa!
2. Tell us something interesting about the animal your clan
is named for.
3. Tell us something interesting about another animal that
lives in your jungle zone.
4. Tell us about one of the interesting plants that grow in
your jungle zone.
5. Tell us about the type of weather you would expect to
experience in your jungle zone.
6. Make up a story about your jungle zone, your clan or your
clan’s animal.
7. Make up a poem about your jungle zone, your clan or
your clan’s animal.
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8. Tell us something about the real people who live in your
jungle zone. For example, what kind of work do they do,
what are their schools like or what do the kids do for fun?
9. Name a book or story for kids that takes place
somewhere in your jungle zone. For example, if you are in
Clan Kookaburra, your jungle zone is South Pacific. Tell us
about a book or story that takes place in Australia, New
Guinea or New Zealand.
10. What is one of your favourite books or stories that takes
place in a jungle? It doesn’t have to be one that you read
this summer and it doesn’t have to be one that takes place
in your jungle zone. But don’t just tell us the title…be sure to
tell us a little bit about it!
QUICK TIPS:
- The clan descriptions, which come next, will help you
answer some of these Clan Challenge questions!
- During the summer you can find out which clan is currently
winning the Challenge by checking the home page of the
Children’s Discovery Portal at: www.cnib.ca/cdlkids.
- You can always call or email us and we’ll be happy to tell
you which clan is in the lead.
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Clan Descriptions
Africa
Clan Okapi
The okapi is sort of like a horse and is the only known living
relative of the giraffe!
The head of the okapi and giraffe are very similar. They both
have long upright ears, and long, dark tongues which they
use to grab and strip the leaves off trees. The okapi doesn’t
have a long neck like the giraffe, though. Being really tall in
a crowded forest where there are lots of tree branches to
bump into or tree trunks and roots to trip over, isn’t a good
idea.
The type of fur and the colouring of the okapi are perfect for
where it lives! Its fur feels like velvet and is very oily so
water slides right off – a very important feature if you live in
a rainforest. The top of the head, neck and back of the okapi
is chestnut-brown or purplish red in colour. The lower parts
of its legs are white and the upper parts of its legs have
horizontal stripes, almost like a zebra. In the rainforest
where there is partial sunlight filtering through to the forest
floor, the striped legs of the okapi provide excellent
camouflage as it moves around looking for its next meal of
leaves, twigs and fruits.
So where would you find an okapi? The okapi live in the Ituri
Forest, a dense rainforest in central Africa. Okapis are hard
to find in the wild. They avoid humans so we can only
estimate how many there are. Researchers think there are
probably about 25,000 okapis in the wild.
Asia
Clan Tarsier
All the tarsiers living in the wild today live in south-east
Asia: Philippines, Sulawesi, Borneo and Sumatra. The tarsier
is the smallest of the prosimians (suborder of primates). The
lemur is also a prosimian. The tarsier is sometimes called
the smallest monkey in the world.
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Head and body lengths of tarsiers average from 12-13 cm
with a tail about twice as long as its body. Tarsiers are even
tinier than the monkey we sent you in your Summer
Reading Club kit!
Tarsiers have large eyes, and long hind limbs. In fact, they
get their name from the long tarsus bones in their back legs.
Most of their fur is grey, with bits of red, brown, yellow,
orange or buff.
Tarsiers are the only primate that eats no plants at all.
Different types of tarsiers may eat different animals, such as
birds, snakes and frogs, but the one thing they all like to eat
is insects.
They are nocturnal, waking up at sunset. Tarsiers are
capable of turning their heads almost 180 degrees in both
directions, which comes in handy when they’re looking for a
bird to catch right out of the air. They are good climbers but
tarsiers move mostly by leaping. Some tarsiers can leap
over 5 metres in distance! Imagine that – most rooms have
ceilings that are only 3 metres high!
One tarsier living in captivity instead of the jungle, lived to
be 16 years old; in the wild the tarsier has many predators
including civets, feral cats, lizards, owls and raptors.
South Pacific
Clan Kookaburra
The kookaburra lives in Australia and New Guinea. There are
four species of kookaburra, but the laughing kookaburra is
most well known because of its interesting call.
The laughing kookaburra averages about 45 cm in length. It
has a large head and very large bill which is black on top
and bone coloured on the bottom. Body feathers are white
or cream-coloured and the wings and back are brown with
sky blue spots on the shoulder. The tail is rusty reddishorange with dark brown bars and white tips on the feathers.
There is a dark brown stripe across the eye and cheek on
each side, and a lighter brown stripe on the top of the bird’s
head. Different species of kookaburra vary in colour and
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markings, with wings which are speckled or have more
vibrant blue feathers.
The purpose of the kookaburra’s laughing call is to establish
territory. One bird starts with a low, hiccupping chuckle,
then throws its head back in loud and hysterical laughing
calls; often several others join in. If a rival tribe is within
earshot and replies, the whole family will gather to fill the
bush with laughter.
You don’t have to be in the Australian bush to hear the
laugh of the kookaburra. They have become quite common
in the suburbs of Australian cities, and may even swoop in to
steal food out of human hands. Remember that if you’re
ever invited to a bar-b-q in Australia, because the laughing
kookaburra is a meat eater.
Central America
Clan Kinkajou
The kinkajou lives in Central America. It is sometimes
mistaken for a ferret or monkey but in fact it is related to
the raccoon.
An average adult kinkajou weighs 2-3 kg and has a body
length of 40-60 cm, with a tail which is about the same
length as that. The kinkajou is about the size of an average
cat. The kinkajou's woolly fur consists of an outer coat of
gold (or brownish-gray) overlapping a gray undercoat. It has
short legs with sharp claws.
Native to Central America, the kinkajou is nocturnal, coming
out mostly at night. So even though it is not endangered,
most people don’t have the chance to see it in the wild.
The kinkajou is also known as the honey bear because it
raids bees' nests, using its long, skinny tongues to slurp
honey from the hive. With a 12-13 cm long tongue (that’s
about as long as a popsicle stick) the kinkajou can remove
insects like termites from their nests, or sip nectar from
flowers. Mostly, though, the kinkajou eats fruit, using its
nimble front paws, sharp claws and teeth to catch and eat
the occasional small mammal.
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The kinkajou lives in tropical rainforests and is arboreal,
which means it mostly hangs out in trees. Kinkajous use
their tails when they climb, to grip branches and vines. They
can also turn their feet backwards to run easily in either
direction along branches or up and down trunks.
South America
Clan Anaconda
Anacondas make their home in the Amazon jungles of South
America and are part of the Boa Constrictor family. These
snakes live near rivers, lakes and swamps and are
considered aquatic. They move most gracefully in water and
will always choose water as their main escape when
confronted with danger. Also, because their eyes and nasal
openings are on top of their heads, they can lay in wait for
their prey while almost completely submerged in water. In
fact, the anaconda can stay under water for up to 10
minutes without coming up to breathe.
There are different types of anacondas but the name usually
refers to the largest, the green anaconda. This is a snake
that can grow up to 9 meters in length, weighing over 225
kilograms. That’s almost as much as a grand piano! The
green anaconda is dark green with black spots. The spots
along its sides have yellow centres.
Anacondas are non-venomous (not poisonous). They kill
their prey by coiling their muscular bodies around it, and
squeezing until it stops breathing. Then, because of how
their jaws are structured, the anaconda can swallow their
prey whole, no matter how big! They like to eat wild pigs,
deer, birds, frogs, turtles, capybara, caimans, birds and
even jaguars. It can take several weeks for the anaconda to
digest a single prey, and it can last for months between
meals.
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How to Contact Us
Be sure to send back your books and videos as soon as you
are finished with them. Many other kids want to read the
same books that you do. Hanging on to library materials
past the due date slows down your own book delivery and
may keep others waiting. By returning library materials as
quickly as possible, you help us to deliver more books over
the summer.
If you ever don’t like the kind of books you’re getting, or if
you’ve noticed you’re getting books that are too easy or too
hard for you, let us know! The Library doesn’t automatically
change your reading level as you get older, so if you’re
going into high school and you don’t want to read books
about Curious George or Clifford the Big Red Dog, please let
us know so we can update your profile.
Here’s how to reach us:
By phone: 1-800-268-8818 (if a real person answers, ask
for ‘KidsLine’ or if you reach our answering machine, press 3
for ‘KidsLine’)
By fax: 416-480-7700 (Attention: Summer Reading Club)
By email: kids@cnib.ca
Online (for kids between the ages of six and 14):
www.cnib.ca/cdlkids
By regular mail:
CNIB Library
Summer Reading Club
1929 Bayview Ave.
Toronto, ON
M4G 3E8
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Book Lists
There are three book lists available, for kids of different
ages. But remember, you don’t have to read only books
about jungles or only books from these book lists or only
books that you get from the CNIB Library. You can read any
books on any topic in any format that you want this
summer!
QUICK TIP:
- Even if you don’t plan to order books from the book lists,
keep these lists handy! All of the answers to this summer’s
Mystery Questions can be found on these lists!
CNIB Library formats
EA
DC
PB
PI
EI
BI
EB
BR
ET
Online digital audio
DAISY format audio book on CD
Contracted PrintBraille
Uncontracted PrintBraille
Uncontracted braille, online
Uncontracted braille, embossed
Contracted braille, online
Contracted braille, embossed
Electronic text, online
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0 – 7 years
Alphabeasts
By Wallace Edwards
From alligator to zebra, the animal inhabitants of this book
take us on a most unusual tour of the alphabet.
PB65285
Apes and monkeys
By Barbara Taylor
Apes and monkeys are versatile animals that can be found
swinging from trees in a forest and performing deathdefying leaps to grab their food. This guide offers a unique
insight into the lives of apes and monkeys, examining every
aspect of their lifestyles and behaviour, from habitats to
feeding, communication, courting, giving birth and looking
after their young.
DC36198
EA36198
The birdman
By Veronika Martenova Charles
A broken man, unable even to work, Noor Nobi wanders the
busy streets of Calcutta, caring about nothing, until the day
he strays into the market and notices the cages crammed
with birds, and he longs to free them. With his last bit of
money he buys one and releases it. So begins Noor Nobi's
journey back from despair; he has rescued, healed and freed
thousands of illegally captured birds. Based on a true story.
PB65803
The boy who loved bananas
By George Elliott
Matthew laughs himself silly when he watches the bananacrazy monkeys at the Metro Zoo. Bananas become his
favourite food and he refuses to eat anything else. Then he
starts to feel funny. He itches and scratches, swings from
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trees and shinnies up flagpoles! Will Matthew ever stop
monkeying around?
PB65719
PI00595
Caps for sale
By Esphyr Slobodkina
A peddler walks the streets with a huge stack of caps
balanced on his head. One day, he wakes to find the caps
have disappeared.
BR61995
Crocodiles Play!
By Robert Heidbreder
A crocodile's day involves a lot more than swimming and
basking in the sun! Crazy crocs get into every kind of
mischief they can think of after school is out. They find time
for plenty of raucous reptile romps! Poems.
PI00951
Downtown lost and found
By Frank B. Edwards
When the animals from the zoo get lost they head to the lost
and found.
PB64705
Dume’s roar
By Tolowa M. Mollel
The animals of the forest choose Dume the Lion as their king
because of his fearsome roar, but Kobe the Tortoise knows
that a king must have more than just a roar to be a good
king.
PB64679
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Emma’s strange pet
By Jean Little
Emma is allergic to animals with fur, but because she and
her adopted brother really want a pet, they decide to try a
lizard.
PB65346
The enormous crocodile
By Roald Dahl
An enormous crocodile that devises clever tricks to trap a
nice, juicy child for lunch gets exactly what he deserves.
DC03558
The great kapok tree: a tale of the Amazon rain forest
By Lynne Cherry
When a man walks into the rain forest and begins to chop
down a great kapok tree, all the different animals that live in
the tree try to convince him of the importance of sparing
their home.
DC23540
How we saw the world: nine native stories of the way things
began
By Carrie J. Taylor
A collection of native stories that explain the origins of
animals and natural phenomenon such as waterfalls.
PB64938
I’d really like to eat a child
By Sylviane Donnio
A little crocodile is tired of bananas; today he'd like to eat a
child. But he's smaller than he thinks, and the little girl he
chooses for his first meal puts him in his place - she picks
him up and tickles his tummy! The little crocodile is going to
have to eat a lot of bananas and grow a lot bigger before he
can add children to his menu!
PB65781
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Jabutí the tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon
By Gerald McDermott
Jabutí is the favourite of all the animals in the rain forest,
although he sometimes plays the gentlest of tricks on them.
The happy tune that Jabutí plays on his flute is a bitter
reminder to Vulture that he has no song at all. When a
concert is held in heaven, Vulture offers to fly the little
tortoise there, all the while plotting a trick of his own.
PB65742
PI00636
Jumanji
By Chris Van Allsburg
Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless
children find more excitement than they bargained for in a
mysterious jungle adventure board game. Caldecott Medal
winner.
PB64840
DC23374
Jungle animals
By Geoff Dann
Introduces such jungle creatures as the tiger, snake, and
toucan. Includes tactile patches.
PI00472
Jungle bullies
By Steen Kroll
To get what they want, the larger jungle animals bully the
smaller ones until Mama Monkey shows them all the benefits
of sharing.
PI00931
Jungle drums
By Graeme Base
Little Ngiri is the smallest Warthog in Africa. Tired of being
teased by his bigger brothers and sisters, he wishes things
could be different. When Old Nyumbu the Wilderbeest gives
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Ngiri a set of magic drums, he is sure his wish is about to
come true. But all the animals of the jungle are in for a BIG
surprise as Ngiri's wish is granted in a most unexpected
way.
DC36035
Jungle party
By Brian Wildsmith
Python is hungry, and knowing this, all the other animals are
keeping out of his way. So wily Python comes up with a
cunning scheme. He invites them all to a party, promising he
will be good.
PI00932
La diablesse and the baby: a Caribbean folktale
By Ricardo Keens-Douglas
La Diablesse is a tall, beautiful woman who goes for long
walks in the moonlight. You have to be careful, because
she'll take your soul, and she'll also try to take your
children, especially babies, because she doesn't have any of
her own.
PB64095
Leon the Chameleon
By Mélanie Watt
Leon the chameleon has a problem - when the other little
chameleons turn green, yellow or blue, he turns red, purple
or orange! Leon doesn't turn the opposite colour on purpose,
he just can't help it. Being different makes Leon feel lonely,
but one day, when the little chameleons go exploring and
lose their way, Leon's colours come to the rescue.
PB65650
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Little Monkey’s one safe place
By Richard Edwards
Where is Little Monkey's one safe place? He looks all over
the jungle, in every possible place he can think of, until he
discovers that his one safe place is much closer to home.
PB65707
PI00580
Lost in the Jungle
By Sue Graves
Pete and Poppy are on a jungle safari. Uncle Charlie thinks
he knows the way until the signs disappear. Luckily, Pete
has taken his map and a compass with him.
EI00798
The loudest roar
By Thomas Taylor
Clovis, a small tiger with a loud roar, disturbs the peace and
calm of the jungle until the day that the other animals put
their heads and voices together.
PB65340
Monkey business
By Wallace Edwards
A collection of illustrated idioms. From a fish opening a "can
of worms" to a tap-dancing octopus putting his "best foot
forward," these familiar sayings are re-imagined in hilarious
and unexpected ways.
PB65651
Monkey monkey monkey
By Cathy MacLennan
Little Monkey explores the jungle, experiencing new sights
and sounds and making friends along the way. But what
Monkey really wants is a monkey nut--where will he find
one? A great read-aloud, sing-along book, full of rhythm and
movement. A fun text with a beautiful and unique art style.
PI00937
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Monkey tales
By Laurel Dee Gugler
Three monkey tales collected from Eastern Europe, Brazil
and Indonesia. In "The Pedlar's Caps", mimicking monkeys
steal the pedlar-man's colourful nightcaps. "Big Monkey's
Banana Trouble" begins when big monkey's greed gets the
better of him. In "Cat, Dog and Monkey", a quarrel breaks
out over a morsel of food and a clever monkey offers a plan.
PB65214
Monsoon afternoon
By Kashmira Sheth
It is monsoon season in India. Outside, dark clouds roll in
and the rain starts to fall. As animals scatter to find cover, a
young boy and his dadaji (grandfather) head out into the
rainy weather. They find much they can do together.
PI00845
My fuzzy safari babies
By Tad Hills
A chimpanzee, a zebra, and other animals invite the reader
to touch the spots in the illustrations that feel like fur.
PB65587
The name of the tree
By Celia B. Lottridge
When a drought spreads throughout the land, a single tall
tree bears fruit, but it grows on the highest branches.
PB61941
PI00920
The nutmeg princess
By Ricardo Keens-Douglas
Hoping to see the Nutmeg Princess, young Aglo and Petal
climb the mountain and wait by the bottomless lake. Set in
Grenada.
PB63408
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Owen & Mzee: best friends
By Isabella Hatkoff
A true story of two great friends: a baby hippo named
Owen, and a giant tortoise named Mzee.
PI00677
Owen & Mzee: the true story of a remarkable friendship
By Isabella Hatkoff
Describes how a baby hippopotamus, Owen, is stranded
alone on the Kenyan coast after the tsunami in 2004.
Discusses the rescue effort to deliver Owen to Haller Park,
an animal sanctuary, where he meets Mzee, a solitary, 130year-old tortoise, who becomes a substitute mother.
PB65689
The parrot Tico Tango
By Ann Witte
A cumulative rhyme in which a greedy parrot keeps taking
fruit from the other creatures of the rainforest until he can
hold no more.
PB65532
Rhinos for lunch and elephants for supper
By Tololwa M. Mollel
When a little hare returns to her den, she is confronted with
a booming voice that dares her to enter. She brings the
animals of the jungle to help her, but it is a tiny frog that
succeeds in the end.
PB62979
Roar!
By Robert Munsch
After their father reads them a story about lions, Elena and
Isaac decide to become lions too. Growling their way
through breakfast, and gnawing on "bones", they soon trot
off to school. But it’s only when one of their teacher decides
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to take both of their classes outside to look for animals that
Elena and Isaac can really become kings of the jungle!
PI00943
Seven spunky monkeys
By Jackie French Koller
On Sunday, seven spunky monkeys are best friends. But on
Monday, only six monkeys are left. On Tuesday, five! What's
happening to all the monkeys? Are they catching the love
bug?
PI00639
The shaman’s apprentice: a tale of the Amazon rain forest
By Lynne Cherry
Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing
properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and
hopes one day to be a healer for his people.
BI00771
EI00771
DC36222
Stella fairy of the forest
By Marie-Louise Gay
Stella's little brother, Sam, wonders whether fairies are
invisible. Stella tells him that she has seen hundreds of
them, and if they venture across the meadow and into the
forest, they are likely to find some.
PB65211
PI00313
That’s Not My Monkey!
By Fiona Watt
As a tiny mouse examines different monkeys looking for his
friend, he narrows down the group based on different touchand-feel features: velvety tail, hairy eyebrows, fuzzy tongue,
and so on. But never fear, the right monkey is finally found it's the one with the fluffy tummy! Includes tactile.
PI00959
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Tigress
By Helen Cowcher
Herdsmen in India work with a wildlife sanctuary ranger to
keep their animals safe from a marauding tigress.
PB63289
Verdi
By Janell Cannon
A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like
the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he
lives.
PB64863
The very hungry lion, a traditional Indian folktale
By Gita Wolf
Singam the lion is very hungry, but he is also very lazy. Too
lazy to go on a proper hunt, so he tries to find an easier way
to find food. Based on an East Indian fable.
PB64738
When Stella Was Very, Very Small
By Marie-Louise Gay
When Stella was very small, she saw the world in her own
unique way - with wonder, curiosity, and the sense that
everything is possible. And when Sam came along, what
could be more natural than to try to pass this sense of
wonder on to him?
PI00954
Where the wild things are
By Maurice Sendak
After Max is sent to bed for misbehaving, he imagines that
he sails away to where the wild things are.
PI00077
PB40341
DC11752
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Who’s in Maxine’s tree?
By Diane Carmel Leger
Maxine has a favourite tree in the forest near her home in
the Pacific Northwest. It is special because it talks to her. On
a trek through the woods, she worries that the loggers will
have chopped it down. Then, she meets a tree climber who
explains that what makes the tree seem like it is talking is
an endangered species of bird that nests there.
PI00610
Why mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears: a west African tale
By Verna Aardema
The mosquito tells a tall tale that causes an uproar amongst
the animals.
DC01947
PB64836
Why the sky is far away: a Nigerian folktale
By Mary-Joan Gerson
Long, long ago, people did not have to grow crops in the
fields or hunt in the forests for food. The sky was so close
and bountiful that one simply reached up and took a piece of
the sky to eat. And the sky tasted like delicious fruits,
meats, and vegetables. But the people grew wasteful and
greedy, and the sky grew angry and sternly warned the Oba
that the waste must cease at once.
PB64208
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Your backyard is wild!
By Jeff Corwin
When nature buffs Lucy and Benjamin get a chance to visit
their cousin Gabe in Brooklyn, they can't wait. They are used
to seeing fascinating animals and plants in the Florida
Everglades where they live, but they can't imagine what
they will find in Gabe's New York City backyard. One thing's
for sure - their discoveries will take them on an amazing
adventure!
DC36154
EA36154
BI00768
EI00768
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8 – 12 years
Afternoon on the Amazon
By Mary Pope Osborne
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.
BI00619
Afrika
By Colleen Craig
Thirteen-year-old Kim is travelling to South Africa with her
journalist mother, expecting nothing more than three
months in her mother's homeland, but instead coming face
to face with the country's diverse and often shocking history.
The Truth and Reconciliation Hearings open her eyes to the
tragedy and brutality of Apartheid policies. And as her
mother struggles with her past, Kim becomes determined to
unlock the secret that has always kept her from knowing her
father. Some descriptions of violence.
DC33639
EA33639
Amazon adventure
By Willard Price
Hal and Roger Hunt are on an exciting trip down the
Amazon; it turns into a struggle against hostile Indians, wild
animals and the raging flood.
DC36197
EA36197
Andrew lost: in the jungle (#15)
By J.C. Greenburg
Lost in an Australian rainforest, Andrew, Judy, and Thudd
the robot, who are still the size of insects, must evade
Rhinoceros beetles, tarantulas, flesh-eating plants, and a
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host of other threats as they make their way toward the
village where Uncle Al will meet them.
DC36211
Biggles takes a holiday
By W.E. Johns
Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Bertie go to the South American
Rain Forest to rescue their friend Angus. He and some
others have been conned into 'farming' in the jungle, but
they are being used as slave labour and are unable to
escape. It turns out that the area is run by former Nazis who
are building a secret weapon.
DC36200
EA36200
Blue mountain trouble
By Martin Mordecai
After being saved from a disastrous landslide by an
extraordinary goat that blocks their usual way to school,
twins Pollyread and Jackson, living with their parents high in
the mountains of Jamaica, find the strange goat reappearing
at crucial intervals as their day-to-day life is changed by
series of mysterious events involving the return of a local
troublemaker and secrets from their family's past.
DC36184
BR74851
EB74851
Crocodile man
By Paul Biegel
Chac, a hunter in the Amazon jungle, often wore a crocodile
skin to help him with his hunting. He is the hero of three
stories adapted from South American folk tales.
DC36199
EA36199
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Duff’s monkey business
By Budge Wilson
When Duff tells everyone he's found a monkey in the family
barn no one believes him. They think he's telling a tall tale,
just like the time he said he found an elephant. But then a
circus comes to town minus its star monkey, and everyone
wonders if maybe Duff's telling the truth after all.
DC21355
BI00237
EI00237
Evangeline Mudd and the golden-haired apes of the Ikkinasti
jungle
By David Elliott
When Evangeline Mudd's primatologist parents travel
without her to the Ikkinasti Jungle to study the goldenhaired apes, Evangeline and the world-famous Dr. Aphrodite
Pikkaflee are eventually called upon to rescue the Mudds and
save the jungle from the evil schemes of Aphrodite's moneymad brother.
DC36149
BR74838
Explorers wanted!: in the jungle
By Simon Chapman
Explorers wanted to learn jungle survival, trek through
rainforest, find lost cities, discover Indian tribes, encounter
strange creatures, brave the sweltering heat, battle swarms
of stinging insects and face constant danger. This book
allows you to search of the lost city of Rucu-rumimarca and
experience what it's really like to travel into the heart of the
unexplored Amazon jungle.
DC36196
EA36196
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The eye of the forest
By Philip Kerr
Djinn twins John and Philippa, along with their Uncle
Nimrod, travel to the Amazon jungle to try to recover a
stolen collection of rare Incan artifacts.
DC36213
Four mice deep in the jungle
By Geronimo Stilton
Geronimo Stilton is a mouse whose friends take him to the
jungle to help him overcome his fears.
BI00769
EI00769
Good morning, gorillas
By Mary Pope Osborne
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to an African
rainforest, where the siblings encounter gorillas and learn to
communicate with them.
BI00702
Granny Ting Ting
By Patrice Lawrence
When Michael goes to visit his relatives in Trinidad, he isn't
impressed by what he sees. Everything is bigger and more
exciting in London, which makes him better than his cousin
Shayla, doesn't it? The contest is on! From who dares taste
the hottest pepper sauce to who can climb highest up the
lime tree, the two battle it out. But who will win when it
really matters?
DC36150
BI00767
EI00767
The great apes
By Geoffrey Saign
Saign describes the four species of apes--gorillas,
orangutans, chimpanzees, and their smaller cousins,
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bonobos--that are the closest living relatives of humans.
Discusses physical, emotional, intellectual, and social
characteristics, and provides information on efforts to save
these primates from extinction.
BR67344
How monkeys “talk”
By Martin Banks
Explains how monkeys and other primates communicate, by
means of facial expressions, vocal sounds, scents, and body
language.
BI00679
I am a taxi
By Deborah Ellis
Diego, 12, lives in a prison in Bolivia, stuck there with his
parents, who have been falsely arrested for smuggling
drugs. He attends school and works as a "taxi," running
errands for the inmates in the great street market. Then his
friend, Mando, persuades him that they can make easy
money, and soon the boys find themselves stomping coca
leaves in cocaine pits in the jungle, enslaved by local
gangsters. Some descriptions of violence.
DC31106
EA31106
I wonder why snakes shed their skin and other questions
about reptiles
By Amanda O’Neill
Answers such questions about reptiles as why do snakes
stare, are frogs and newts reptiles, and which reptile lives
longest.
BR72990
EB72990
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In the land of the jaguar
By Gena Gorrell
South America’s story is as varied as its geography of
soaring mountains, scorching deserts, and lush rainforests.
In Ecuador alone, there are 25,000 kinds of plants, 1,500
species of birds, 4,500 different butterflies, and 300
mammals! This book combines an often tragic history with
the problems and triumphs of the present.
DC36215
Island of the blue dolphins
By Scott O’Dell
Accidentally left behind on an island when her tribe moves,
an Indian girl describes the 18 years that she managed to
survive in her solitude.
DC02300
EA32331
BR10366
Jade and iron: Latin American tales from two cultures
By Patricia Aldana
A collection of Latin American stories, which draw from both
Native and Latin sources. The Native stories tend to explain
the world in mythical form, while the Latin stories, from
European roots, are about people and how they relate to
each other and the world.
BR66385
EB66385
The jungle book
By Rudyard Kipling
When young little Mowgli's parents are run out of their camp
by a formidable Bengal tiger, the toddler scampers to safety
alone in the cave of a Seeonee wolf pack. Thereafter forest
animals succor Mowgli and through his wits and their
kindness, he reaches adulthood.
DC04437
EA34872 or EA04437 or EA35849
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ET04013 or ET33885
DV90561 or DV90162 or DD00114
The jungle house
By Julia Donaldson
A tiger in the back garden? A bird-eating spider in the
cupboard? Welcome to the world of Elmo and his sister! Step
inside the Jungle House to find out more.
DC36217
EA36217
BI00770
EI00770
Jungle Islands: my south sea adventure
By Maria Coffey
Readers will enjoy this adventure by kayak through the
beautiful but dangerous Solomon Islands in the South Pacific
Ocean.
DC36218
Jungle jingles and other animal poems
By Dick King-Smith
A hugely inventive and hilarious collection of animal poems
from best-selling children's author Dick King-Smith.
BR73070
The jungle pyramid
By Franklin W. Dixon
The Hardy boys go on an archaeological dig in the Yucatan
jungle while they search for a million dollars worth of gold
bullion.
DC02540
The jungle vampire
By David Sinden
Ulf the werewolf is training to become an official Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Beasts (RSPCB)
agent. His mission takes him to the jungle in search of a
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legendary jungle vampire. But the evil Baron Marackai is hot
on his trail. Can Ulf and his friends find the vampire first?
The future of the RSPCB depends on it!
DC36219
Just so stories
By Rudyard Kipling
These twelve animal fables tell how the elephant got his
trunk and the leopard, his spots.
DC01784
BR40226
ET04024
Kingdom of the elephants
By Alan C. Jenkins
A 17-year-old boy living near a jungle in India feels
contrasting emotions for two elephants. He loves the captive
Rajendra who works obediently for man, but he is in awe of
the great King, leader of the wild elephants.
BR10423
Lions at lunchtime
By Mary Pope Osborne
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa where
they meet up with wonderful wild animals, a very hungry
warrior, and where they even solve a riddle.
BI00662
Lost in the barrens
By Farley Mowat
When a Cree Indian and his white friend become separated
from a hunting party, they are forced to spend a long winter
on the Barrens.
DC01087
EA01087
BR40220
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Me Tarzan
By Betsy Cromer Byars
Dorothy surprises herself and everyone else when she tries
out for Tarzan in the class play. An amazing jungle yell
comes out of her--and it gets louder every time. During each
rehearsal more and more animals gather. Then the circus
comes to town.
DC23718
BR71822
EB71822
My father’s dragon
By Ruth Stiles Gannett
A young boy is determined to rescue a poor baby dragon
who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry
them across the river on Wild Island.
BR71329
One day in the tropical rain forest
By Jean Craighead George
The future of the Rain Forest of the Macaw depends on a
scientist and a young Indian boy as they search for a
nameless butterfly during one day in the rain forest.
DC36220
Planet zoo, one hundred animals we can’t afford to lose
By Simon Barnes
This is a challenging, and at times highly emotive, account
of 100 animals threatened by extinction and in need of
human help as we enter the new millennium. Each chapter
presents the knock-on effect of the animal's likely
disappearance and how the future of the planet depends on
its creatures.
BR69575
EB69575
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Rainforest bird rescue: changing the future for endangered
wildlife
By Linda J. Kenyon
About a third of the world bird species make their homes in
rainforests, which offer moderate temperatures, protective
shelter and ample food supply. Unfortunately the rainforests
are disappearing. A few thousand years ago tropical
rainforests covered as much as 12 percent of the Earth's
land surface. Today, that figure is reduced by half, the result
of logging, mining, and the clearing of land for human
settlements. More than 600 species of rainforest birds are
threatened with extinction.
Rainforest Bird Rescue profiles projects and people around
the world who are working to prevent the loss of these
beautiful birds
DC36221
Raining sardines
By Enrique Flores-Galbis
The artistic Ernestina and the analytical Enriquito use their
ingenuity to save a herd of wild horses and stop an evil
landowner from spoiling their Cuban village.
DC36141
Sacred leaf
By Deborah Ellis
Diego fled the coca pits of the jungle and was taken in by
the Ricardo family, coca farmers (cocaleros) who grow the
plant that the native people of Bolivia have used for
centuries as a tea and medicine. But coca can also be made
into an illegal drug, cocaine, and now the Bolivian
government has set out to destroy the country's coca crops.
The Ricardos and thousands of other cocaleros organize a
massive protest, while Diego, though loyal to his new
friends, wants to return to his family.
DC32676
EA32676
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The second jungle book
By Rudyard Kipling
Presents the further adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a
pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Also
includes other short stories set in India.
DC02703
ET36180 or ET04025
The secret journey
By Peg Kehret
In 1834 when a storm at sea destroys the slave ship on
which she is a stowaway, twelve-year-old Emma musters all
her resourcefulness to survive in the African jungle.
DC36175
Sunwing
By Kenneth Oppel
While Shade continues to search for his father he finds a
strange Human building that holds a huge forest. Thousands
of bats live in the building where the forest is as warm as a
summer night and food is plentiful. Then some of the bats
start to go missing and Shade and Marina want to know
where they have disappeared to. Their search takes them on
a long journey and brings them closer to finding Shade's
father.
DC19512
EA19512
BR69268
EB69268
EI00415
Take action: World Wildlife Fund
By Ann Love
Discusses endangered species and endangered spaces such
as condors, orchids and rain forests. Includes practical ideas
on how to take action and various programs that some
schools have tried.
DC11625
41
EA11625
Tales from the Isle of Spice: a collection of new Caribbean
folk tales
By Ricardo Keens-Douglas
Three magical tales retold for middle readers: enter the
richly magical world of Tales from the Isle of Spice and visit
a bottomless lake where an enchanted princess lives; try
your luck against the sinister woman who walks in moonlight
stalking souls; catch a glimpse of the mysterious boy with
an angelic face whose scarred body hides beneath the
waves.
DC26372
EA26372
Tales of the Amazon: how the Munduruku Indians live
By Daniel Munduruku
A unique view of life in the Amazon rain forest. The author
first tells the story of a young Munduruku boy, Kaxi, raised
to be a shaman. His preparation to provide healing and
spiritual guidance to his people involves a growing
knowledge of threats posed by outsiders greedy for land,
trees, and gold.
DC36223
Tiger rescue: changing the future for endangered wildlife
By Dan Bortolotti
A century ago, 100,000 tigers roamed the forests of Asia.
Today, only a few thousand remain, thanks to shrinking
habitat and a lucrative trade in tiger parts. This book takes
readers to India, where whole villages are being moved to
make room for tigers; to the Russian Far East, where
rangers risk their lives to stop poachers supplying the black
market in Asian medicines; and to the forests of Malaysia
and Sumatra, where farmers and tigers struggle to share the
land.
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Along the way, some of the world's top tiger conservationists
show that hard work and determination can bring this
mighty cat back from the brink.
DC36224
Tigers at twilight
By Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie use their magic tree house to travel back in
time to the Indian jungle, where they must get a gift to help
free the dog Teddy from a spell. While there, they encounter
a tiger and other endangered jungle animals, as well as
ancient ruins.
BI00707
Toad away
By Morris Gleitzman
In his third adventure, Limpy the cane toad goes to the
Amazon to learn the secret of living in harmony with
humans.
DC36039
What a hippopota-mess
By Pat Skene
Poems that describe two sweaty hippos, a smiling lizard,
some creepy crawlers, and a few very tricky dandelions. At
the end of each poem, find out more in an interview with
one of the main characters or in a list of fascinating facts.
DC31821
EA31821
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13 – 16 years
Alexandria of Africa
By Eric Walters
Alexandria Hyatt wants to be glamorous and rich, but ends
up being arrested for shoplifting and sent to Kenya, where
she has been ordered to work for an international charity.
Over 7,000 miles away from home with no hot water, no cell
phone reception, no friends or family, Alexandria is
confronted with a land as unfamiliar as it is unsettling. Over
the course of her month in Africa, Alexandria will face a
reality she could never have imagined, and will have to look
inside herself to see if she has what it takes to confront it.
DC33955
EA33955
BR74700
EB74700
Altruistic armadillos, zenlike zebras, a menagerie of 100
favorite animals
By J. Moussaieff Massoj
The book offers fascinating facts, colourful anecdotes and
surprising tidbits on familiar and lesser-known critters:
armadillos routinely give birth to genetically identical
quadruplets; frogs can mate for months at a time; koalas
have tiny brains, possibly because they sleep 20 hours a
day; a newborn kangaroo is the size of a small bean.
DC35677
EA35677
Ark Angel
By Anthony Horowitz
After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage
spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of
eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer
space hotel.
DC35952
45
EA35952
BR74878
EB74878
Baboon
By David Jones
Flying back to the African savanna with his parents, 14year-old Gerry would rather be back home - sure, his
parents' baboon research lets him explore the African
wilderness, but thinking of spending weeks there with a
bunch of monkeys makes him miss everything about the
city. Suddenly, the plane flies into a lightning storm, the
engine dies, and they come down hard. Gerry wakes up on
the ground, thinking that a baboon has broken his fall, but
something quite different has happened - something that
will change Gerry's life forever.
DC33634
EA33634
BR74646
EB74646
Born for adventure
By Kathleen Karr
In 1887, as assistant to Henry Morton Stanley, renowned
explorer of the African continent, sixteen-year-old Tom
Ormsby makes a perilous trek to help rescue the kidnapped
Emin Pasha, learning much about leadership, African people,
and himself along the way.
DC36167
EA36167
Born Free
By Joy Adamson
The wife of a Kenya game warden tells the story of Elsa, a
lioness reared almost from birth as a pet. When fully grown,
Elsa is returned to the wilds, but never forgets her allegiance
to her foster parents.
DC33126
46
EA33126
BR60194
Careers for animal lovers & other zoological types
By Louise Miller
Are you the type to choose a trip to the zoo over a ball
game? Are you the family member who always comes home
with a stray dog? Are your shelves filled with books about
animals? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you
are an animal lover--now all you need is an occupation that
satisfies your compassion for animals.
This book provides all the information you need to get
started on landing the job of your dreams, including inside
information on everyday routines of selected jobs, working
conditions within the field, and alternate sources to enhance
your job search.
ET33449
Coral Island
By R.M. Ballantyne
Three English boys, shipwrecked on a deserted island, create
an idyllic society despite typhoons, wild hogs, and hostile
visitors. Then evil pirates kidnap one of the youths whose
adventures continue among the South Sea Islands.
DC36277
EA36277
ET02421 or ET34374
The Cryptid hunters
By Roland Smith
Twins, Grace and Marty, along with a mysterious uncle, are
dropped into the middle of the Congolese jungle in search of
their missing photojournalist parents.
DC36140
BR74833
EB74833
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The dark ground
By Gillian Cross
Robert finds himself alone and naked in the middle of thick
jungle. He has no idea how he got there. The last thing he
remembers is being in an airplane on his way back from
holiday. As Robert struggles to stay alive, he slowly begins
to realise he is not entirely alone.
DC33236
EA33236
The deadly curse of Toco-Rey
By Frank E. Peretti
Dr. Jacob Cooper, founder of the Cooper Institute for Biblical
Archaeology, and his teenagers, Lila and Jay, are in Central
America assisting in the search for the treasures of the city
of Toco-Rey. Others have died in the quest, and when Lila
becomes ill and irrational, it seems she may die also.
DC18129
Doc Wilde and the frogs of doom
By Tim Byrd
High-tech gadgets, intense martial arts, and survival training
- just a normal day of school for Brian and Wren. When your
dad is the world-famous adventurer Doc Wilde, you can
never be too prepared for danger and adventure. So when
Grandpa Wilde disappears into the South American jungle,
the Wilde family is hot on his trail and ready for anything.
But with an army of mutant frogs standing in the way, will
they be able to find Grandpa before something more sinister
finds them first? Descriptions of violence.
DC36146
EA36146
The Eden mission
By Anthony Wall
Six teenagers join a conservation cruise to the Amazon and
Antarctica, but their journey is threatened by a sinister
network of drug barons, poachers and traders in endangered
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species. This thrilling adventure story is full of information
about the areas that they visit and the wildlife they
encounter.
EB67454
The Flame Trees of Thika
By Elspeth Huxley
The author was born in 1906, the daughter of Major
Josceline Grant, in Njoro, Kenya, where she spent most of
her childhood. In an open cart she set off with her parents
to travel to Thika and as pioneering settlers among the
Kikuyu, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth
spread over packing cases and discovered - the hard way the world of the African. A book by one who loves the
country with a critical understanding and intense feeling for
its wild beauty.
DC36276
EA36276
Go and come back
By Joan Abelove
Alicia, a young tribeswoman living in a village in the
Amazonian jungle of Peru, tells about the two American
women anthropologists who arrive to study her people's way
of life.
DC36214
EA36214
Hatchet
By Gary Paulsen
After a plane crash, 13-year-old Brian spends 54 days in the
wilderness, initially surviving with only the aid of a hatchet.
During this time, he comes to terms with his parents'
divorce.
BR62249
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Jasmin
By Jan Truss
Distracted by her large, disorganized family, Jasmin if failing
grade 6. She decides to run away and live in the wilderness.
EA04770
DC04770
BR50054
Jungle crossing
By Sydney Salter
Thirteen-year-old Kat wants to be at "mini-camp" with
classmates rather than touring the jungles near Cancun,
Mexico, on a family vacation, but a story told by one of her
Mayan guides helps her understand that by always trying to
please her friends, she is losing herself.
DC36216
EA36216
The land that time forgot
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
American and British sailors join forces to capture a German
U-boat, which winds up on the lost island of Caprona. There
they confront primitive and violent life-forms.
ET02214 or ET34705
Life as we knew it
By Susan Beth Pfeffer
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes
her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the
moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and
volcanic eruptions.
EA32180
Lord of the flies
By William Golding
A group of English school boys, marooned on a desert
island, attempt to establish a civilization with leaders, rulers,
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and work assignments, yet they discover savagery and
barbarism among themselves.
DC16152
EA32430 or EA16152
ET38081
BR10211
The lost world and other stories
By Arthur Conan Doyle
These stories take the reader from the Jurassic Park type
atmosphere of "The lost world" to the scientific in "The
disintegration machine."
DC19155
EA19155
Lunch with Lenin and other stories
By Deborah Ellis
Kids in Moscow's Red Square, a wealthy religious school in
Bolivia, and the tiny community of Hay River in Canada's
Northwest Territories are all struggling with the impact of
illicit substances or addiction on themselves, their families,
and their communities. From the girl in Afghanistan whose
impoverished family is dependent on the heroin trade, to the
teen in smalltown Ontario who purchases marijuana for his
ailing grandmother, Ellis' characters find themselves in
frightening situations not necessarily by choice, but as a
result of desperate situations, poverty, and neglect. Some
descriptions of violence.
DC36268
EA36268
The Maestro
By Tim Wynne-Jones
Fourteen-year-old Burl Crow lives just north of Sudbury with
his parents. Burl wants to leave his pill-popping mother and
abusive father, so he escapes into the bush. He stumbles
upon an isolated cabin where he meets an eccentric concert
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pianist. The unlikely meeting launches Burl on a journey of
personal discovery.
DC14145
EA14145
BR65903
Mountain girl, river girl
By Ting-xing Ye
Pan-pan and Shui-lian, two teenage girls born miles apart in
modern-day rural China, leave home with dreams of a better
future in Beijing or Shanghai. As dreams turn slowly into
nightmares, they cross paths and decide to face their
challenges together. Some descriptions of sex and violence.
DC33835
EA33835
Out of time’s abyss
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bradley, who landed on the primitive island of Caspak with
Bowen Tyler, Jr., and others, is now searching for Tyler and
a young girl within its ancient jungles. But Bradley is not
prepared for the terrible secret he comes upon when he
enters the city at the heart of the island. Nor is he prepared
for the deadliest challenge of all.
BR63737
ET34072
Reptiles around the world
By Clifford H. Pope
Scientific material on snakes, lizards, turtles and crocodiles.
Explains their appearance, habits, size, and other features.
BR10754
Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible
storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some
tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make
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bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twentyfour years later, when he confronts another human being.
DC31266 or DC30851
EA27037
EA30851
ET01174 or ET35146
Speak to the earth
By William Bell
Fifteen year old Bryan Troupe moves to Nootka Sound on
Vancouver Island from Drumheller, Alberta and soon
becomes involved in a bitter dispute between loggers and
"tree-huggers". The dispute divides his family, affects his
relationship with his girlfriend, and threatens an entire way
of life.
DC14252
EA14252
Swimming in the monsoon sea
By Shyam Selvadurai
Sri Lanka, 1980. There is mystery surrounding the death of
Amrith's beloved mother and alcoholic father, and because
of the circumstances of his parents' marriage, his extended
family shuns him. So when his Canadian cousin Niresh turns
up with his father, Amrith is anxious to make a connection.
Eventually, he realizes his feelings for Niresh go beyond
friendship. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some
strong language.
DC29369
EA29369
BR74019
EB74019
Swiss family Robinson
By Johann David Wyss
When they are shipwrecked on a desert island, a Swiss
clergyman, his wife and four sons use their ingenuity to
overcome all dangers. The famous story of the family of
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castaways whose perseverance and ingenuity help them to
turn their island into a rich and fertile home.
DC33117
EA33117 or EA35853
BR75079
ET02779
Tarzan of the apes
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Lord and Lady Greystoke are cast ashore on the African
coast after a shipboard mutiny. They later die in the jungle,
but their infant son survives (nursed by a family of great
apes) to become Tarzan.
DC30251
EA30251 or EA34955
ET35142
Tom Finder
By Martine Leavitt
15-year-old Tom is a street kid with amnesia, who has a
supernatural gift: he is able to use his pen to create what he
desires, like money. Tom gets involved in the search for
Daniel, whose First Nations father is looking for him, hoping
that it will answer some of his own questions. The further he
progresses, the more he has to confront the illusions he had
created about his own life, and the closer he gets to the
truth he forced himself to forget. Some descriptions of
violence.
DC26373
EA26373
Virunga: the passion of Dian Fossey
By Farley Mowat
In 1966, Dian Fossey began to study a small band of gorillas
in the Congo. Scientific observation turned to passionate
devotion as she came to understand these animals and fight
for their survival. Fossey was brutally murdered in 1984,
supposedly by a poacher.
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DC06185
EA06185
Wild Timothy
By Gary Blackwood
In an attempt to toughen up bookish Timothy, his father
takes him on a camping trip. Timothy gets lost while looking
for firewood and spends three frantic weeks fighting to
survive in the wilderness.
BR61581
Woman in the mists
By Farley Mowat
In 1966 Dian Fossey went to Africa to study gorillas and
developed an unprecedented relationship of closeness and
affection with the great apes. This book, compiled from her
private correspondence, journals and records, together with
interviews with friends and colleagues, graphically describes
her 20 years in the jungle and her efforts to save the
gorillas.
DC29844
EA29844
Zahrah the windseeker
By Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Zahrah, a timid thirteen-year-old girl, undertakes a
dangerous quest into the Forbidden Greeny Jungle to seek
the antidote for her best friend after he is bitten by a snake,
and finds knowledge, courage, and hidden powers along the
way.
DC36225
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