Other editions of book Down a River

Taking a journey down a river, this is part of series designed to help meet the requirement that children at Key Stage 3 should understand that different animals and plants are found in different habitats; how animals and plants in two different habitats are suited to their environment; and that food chains show feeding relationships in an ecosystem. After an introductory spread revealing the entire ecosystem, each book takes a journey through an animal environment and describes conditions and topics such as temperature, light, availability of food, and predators. The book ends by discussing the effect of human actions on the fragile environment that has been examined, and what the future may hold.

This title takes the reader on a journey up the trunk of a rainforest tree. An introductory spread reveals the tree's entire ecosystem with subsequent spreads concentrating on particular stages where different environmental conditions such as light, temperature, food, are explained. A small maps helps the reader locate where they are on the tree, and a field guide describes the plants and animals found along the route. The book ends with a look at the effect of human actions on the rainforest environment.