- Focuses on unique characteristics of amazing rain forest creatures and their adaptations to the environment
- Features vivid photos closely matched to clear text
- Labels on photos reinforce key vocabulary
- Supports the early elementary science curriculum
- Written by an elementary school teacher and developed in consultation with a reading specialist, Susan Nations, M. Ed., to promote vocabulary, comprehension, and other aspects of reading proficiency
- Lists print and web sources of further information
- Includes Table of Contents, Glossary, Index