If I Ran the Rain Forest: All about Tropical Rain Forests

I find this an outstanding book to introduce the rainforest to elementary children. The strength of the book is the many rainforest topics and themes it introduces. These topics and themes can then be elaborated on at a later time.

If I ran the rainforest is a great way to teach children about the rainforest. Including all four floors of the rainforest and which animals inhabit them. It also talks about how millions of acres are cut down every year and how we need to save the rain forest. I highly recommend this book and all of "The Cat in the Hat's learning library" series. They are great teaching tools for children.

This is a wonderful book. We have three small grandchildren, and they loved it, and continually want to read the book.

My 6 yr old really enjoyed this intro book on rain forests. One of the off-shore excursions on our upcoming cruise is the Costa Rican rain forest and I purchased several books on rain forests to get him familiar with the topic This one was the perfect intro book for him. It was written in classic Seuss rhyming style which was engaging for my son. The illustrations were colorful and eye-catching and the information about rain forests was just enough for a 6yr old to understand and digest. We read it while also listening to a "Relax with Tropical Rain Forest" audio CD which provided an added dimension to the rain forest learning experience. I plan on reading the other books on rain forests to him but selectively as they contain much more advanced information.

This is one of the best of The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library. The rhyming style is excellent. This book introduces such concepts as four levels of the rain forest, transpiration, animals in the forest, pollination, and camouflage.