El Arbol del Viejo Bosque (Hardcover)

from matthewbloome

This book was basically built on the "house that jack built" model, except that it was about an ancient forest ecosystem. The last page described all the plants and animals that were mentioned in the text and it defines the term ancient forest. It also makes a plea for the protection of the remai...

from szanes

This is a beautiful book that is based on the repetitive pattern found in "This is the House That Jack Built". More information is given at the end of the book regarding each species of plant or animal featured in the book. This book is great to base student formula writing on, maybe with differe...

from Turrean

Cumulative verse about the life cycle of a tree in a forest. Reading it aloud is a bit of a slog for the reader, since some of the repeated lines are more informative than fun-to-read.