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The Great Kapok Tree

by Lynne Cherry · October 1999

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The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.

FictionEcologyJungle animalsConservation of natural resourcesKapokRain forestsSpanish language materialsJuvenile fictionComprehension StrategiesInferringChildren's fictionRain forests, fiction