Synopsis
"Deep rivers, tall trees, strange animals, beautiful flowers - this is the rainforest. Burning trees, thick smoke, new roads and cities, dead animals, people without homes - this is the rainforest too. To some people the rainforests mean beautiful places that you can visit; to others they mean trees that they can cut down and sell.
Between 1950 and 2000 half of the world's rainforests disappeared. While you read these words, somewhere in the world people are cutting down rainforest trees. What are these wonderful places that we call rainforests - and is it too late to save them?"
About the Author
Rowena Akinyemi is British, and after many years in Africa, she now lives and works in Cambridge, thought she still goes to Africa every year on holiday. She has worked in English Language Teaching for twenty-five years, in Africa and Britain. She has written several other books including Nelson Mandela, Love or Money and her adaptation ofCry Freedom was a finalist in the Language Learner Literature Award, an international award for ELT readers, in 2004.
About the Series
This full-colour series presents engaging content about interesting subjects.
Each title features colour photographs and a glossary to help with vocabulary comprehension.
Exercises and suggestions for project work are also included.
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