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COSTA RICA: NATURE'S MUSEUM
For Kids
Costa Rica
• Mary Virginia Fox
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 32 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
This visitor's guide to Costa Rica for young readers (aged 4-8) is a wonderful introduction to the country's unique jungles and cloud forests and also to its culture, covering topics such as sports, education, transportation and clothing (among others). Like other titles in the A Visit To series, this book is fully illustrated with maps and photos. Also provides fact files and a short Spanish glossary.
(CRC83, $7.99) |
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The Forest in the Clouds
• Sneed B. Collard III
NATURAL HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 32 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
Michael Rothman's richly detailed paintings show the flora and fauna of the Monteverde in this slim overview of the cloud forest for readers ages 6-8. With accompanying text on biodiversity, ecology and conservation.
(CRC34, $7.95) |
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Usborne Flashcard Spanish
• Jo Litchfield
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •
2004 •
FLEXI-BOUND
• 50 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
A standard playing card-size deck of 50 nicely illustrated flashcards geared for younger children. Each card features a colorful illustration with the Spanish word on the reverse. Vocabulary includes numbers, colors, food, animals, and other basic vocabulary that will appeal to young children.
(GEN203, $8.99) |
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Into The Volcano
• Donna O'Meara
NATURAL HISTORY •
2007 •
PAPER
• 56 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
O'Meara's lively, illustrated eyewitness accounts of adventures in volcanology include Arenal in Costa Rica, Kilauea in Hawaii, Pacaya in Guatemala and Stromboli off the coast of Italy. Geared for grades 5 to 8, this is a great introduction to volcanoes for the whole family.
(GEO39, $9.95) |
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Nancy Drew, The Scarlet Macaw Scandal
• Carolyn Keene
MYSTERY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 160 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Nancy Drew travels to Costa Rica. Nancy and her friends head for Corcovado to relax and study monkeys when they stumble upon, naturally, a mystery to be solved.
(CRC50, $5.99) |
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The Bug Scientists
• Donna Jackson
NATURAL HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 48 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
In this entry in the excellent Scientists in the Field series, Jackson profiles three scientists and their work: Valerie Cervenka, a forensic entomologist; Steven Kutcher, who provides bugs for Hollywood; and Ted Schultz, who studies farmer ants in Costa Rica. With color photographs throughout. Geared for grades 3-6.
(NAT97, $7.99) |
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The Most Beautiful Roof in the World
• Kathryn Lasky
• Christopher Knight
NATURAL HISTORY •
1997 •
PAPER
• 48 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
A tour of the rain forest canopy for children, illustrated with color photographs. The book follows a tropical botanist and her sons as she explores a rain forest in Belize, but it is appropriate for a trip to any Central American rain forest. For children ages 9 -12, who will especially like the ropes and other rigging used to climb in the rain forest canopy.
(FST04, $9.00) |
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Eyewitness Jungle
• Theresa Greenaway
• Geoff Dann
NATURAL HISTORY •
2009 •
HARD COVER
• 63 PAGES
• FAMILY
Certainly the most eye-popping of the children's books on the rain forest, this book, jammed with color photographs, covers all manner of rain forest life. The concise text augments the pictures. Geared for children ages 9-12.
(FST06, $16.99) |
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