Amazon adventure : how tiny fish are saving the world's largest rainforest / written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Keith Ellenbogen.

Amazon adventure : how tiny fish are saving the world's largest rainforest / written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Keith Ellenbogen.

By
Montgomery, Sy.

Publication Date
2017

Publication Information
Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Physical Description
65 p. : col. ill., map.

Subject Term
Ecology -- Juvenile literature.
 
Ecology -- Brazil -- Rio Negro (Amazonas) -- Juvenile literature.
 
Biotic communities -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature.
 
Fishes -- Juvenile literature.

Geographic Term
Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature.
 
Rio Negro (Amazonas, Brazil) -- Juvenile literature.

Series
SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD
 
SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD.

Additional Contributors
Ellenbogen, Keith A.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment.

Language
English

ISBN
9780544352995


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