Save My Rainforest

• Ages 8-12
• Publisher: Volcano Press, Incorporated
• Author: Monica Zac
• Illustrator: Bengt-Arne Runnerstrom

Fiction: 

This book is a story about a boy named Omar Castillo.  Omar is sad when he finds out that the rain forest in Mexico is being destroyed and people are selling animals from the rainforest as pets.  Children can take a journey with Omar and see how he tries to save the rain forest.  At the end of the story Omar gets to talk to the president about the deforestation of the rain forest.  The president romises Omar that in one year the rain forest cutting will stop and no one will be allowed to capture the rainforest birds and animals to sell them as pets.  Omar does not want to stop until the rain forest is saved. 

In the classroom you can talk about all of the animlas that are harmed when people cut down trees in the rain forest and get rid of the land.  As a class you can raise money and save an acre of land in the rain forest.   The Nature Conservancy allows anyone to do this. Another great site that allows children to adopt an animal or a rain forest tree is Kids Saving the Rainforest. Doing this would teach kids that they could make a difference and they could learn about how to earn and spend money.