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Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme

Age 3-6
Grade PK-1

Marianne Berkes, Jeanette Canyon

Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme

Hardcover (Dawn Publications March 1, 2007)

Learning becomes fun with this book about the ecosystem and animals of the jungle! In Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme, amazing artwork will inspire children in classrooms and at home to appreciate ecology, environment, and world around us!

The perfect jungle animal book, Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme introduces habitats for kids, and doubles as a fun, interactive, counting book for kids.

Young readers will sing, clap, and count their way among monkeys that hoot, ocelots that pounce, parrots that squawk, and boas that squeeze! It won't take much to have your child joyfully hooting and squawking too. And the illustrations are painstakingly all done in polymer clay and then photographed, giving a 3-D effect. They are truly remarkable, vividly conveying the abundant energy of a rainforest, and will inspire many an art project. Plus there are several pages of extension ideas for curriculum and art projects as well as resources on the web and elsewhere.

Parents, teachers, gift givers, and many others will find:
  • captivating illustrations of sculptures fashioned from polymer clay.
  • backmatter that includes further information about the jungle and the animals of that live in the rainforest
  • Music and song lyrics to "Over in the Jungle" sung to the tune "Over in the Meadow"!
  • a book for young readers learning to count!
  • Series
    Sharing Nature with Children Book
    ISBN
    1584690917 / 9781584690917
    Pages
    32
    Weight
    11.2 oz.
    Dimensions
    10.2 x 1.5 in.

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