To Learn More About Tropical Rain Forests

Books for Adults:

Lessons of the Rainforest. Suzanne Head and Robert Heinzman, editors. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1990.

People of the Tropical Rainforest. Julie Sloan Denslow and Christine Padock, editors. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.

Tropical Rainforest: A world survey of our most valuable and endangered habitat with a blueprint for its survival. Arnold Newman. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1990.

Tropical Nature. Adrian Forsyth and Ken Miyata. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984.

A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics. John C. Kricher. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989.

Books for Children:

Nature Hide & Seek: Jungles. John Norris Wood and Kevin Dean. London: Metheun Children's Books, Ltd., 1987. Preschool-grade 4.

NatureScope. National Wildlife Federation, Volume 4, Number 4, January 1989. "Rain Forests: Tropical Treasures." Grades K-8 (curriculum guide)

Tropical Rainforests: Endangered Environments. James P. Nations. New York: Franklin Watts, 1988. Grades 7-12. 

Organizations That Could Use Your Support Missouri Botanical Garden  P.O. Box 299  St. Louis, MO 63166-0299  (314) 577-5100  Conservation International  1015 18th Street, N.W.  Suite 1000  Washington, DC 20036  (202) 429-5660  Cultural Survival   53A Church Street  Cambridge, MA 02138  (617) 495-2562  Friends of the Earth  218 D Street, S.E.  Washington, DC 20003  (202) 544-2600  National Wildlife Federation  1400 16th Street, N.W.  Washington, DC 20036  (202) 797-6800  Rainforest Action Network  450 Sansome  Suite 700  San Francisco, CA 94111  (414) 398-4404  The Nature Conservancy  1815 North Lynn Street  Arlington, VA 22209  (703) 841-5300  World Wildlife Fund, Inc.  1250 24th Street, N.W.  Suite 500  Washington, DC 20037  (202) 293-4800