Rainforest (West Coast Wild)

by Deborah Hodge (Author) Karen Reczuch (Illustrator)

Rainforest (West Coast Wild)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: West Coast Wild

Step into the majestic rainforest of the Pacific west coast and discover a unique community of creatures thriving in an interconnected web of life.

Towering over the sea, along the magnificent Pacific west coast, is an ancient and beautiful rainforest with a unique ecosystem that is linked in many ways. In this fourth book in the West Coast Wild series, you will find trees as tall as twenty-storey buildings, tiny seedlings sprouting on nursery logs and brightly colored salmon spawning in streams.

The salmon, as a keystone species, connect the ocean to the forest and provide a rich source of food for the bears, wolves, eagles and other creatures that live in this pristine wilderness. The remains of the fish add vital nutrients to the forest, feeding the lush green plants and trees. In turn, the thick vegetation shades the streams and protects the baby salmon that hatch and swim to the sea.

Author Deborah Hodge provides a clear and engaging look at the interdependence of the forest species and the fascinating cycles of nature in this rare ecosystem, while Karen Reczuch's lavish watercolors show the rainforest teeming with life in shades of green that can only come from receiving more than ten feet of rain a year.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.3

With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.7

With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.3

Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.4

Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.

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Kirkus

Solemn, respectful, and informative, with art worth lingering over.

Review quotes

Add this latest title to your collection, as each book in the series perfectly complements the others.

— CM: Canadian Review of Materials

This gorgeous picture book takes readers to the edge of the Pacific Ocean [and] provides readers with a wonderfully immersive journey into a unique ecosystem.

— Calgary Herald

The vibrant full-page-spread illustrations render animals and plants beautifully but also capture the nuance of this habitat ... The author skillfully shows the connections in the coastal forest ecosystem.

— Hakai Magazine

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781773068398
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Publication date
March 05, 2024
Series
West Coast Wild
BISAC categories
JNF051100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
JNF051140 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Physics
Library of Congress categories
Rain forests
Rain forest ecology
Illustrated works
Pacific Coast (North America)

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