When My Dad Went to the Jungle Hardback

by Gusti

Illustrated by Anne Decis

Part of the Aldana Libros series

Hardback

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Description

â€œAn admiring portrait of a father's example and an introduction to the rainforest.â€â€”Wall Street JournalA young boy shares exciting facts and stories about the peoples, plants, and animals who inhabit the Amazon rainforest. In this original, uplifting book from one of Argentinaâ€™s most acclaimed childrenâ€™s writers, a young boy records his dadâ€™s stories of the Amazonian jungle in his journal.

As he does, he canâ€™t help but compare his own life.

When you visit the rainforest, you should ask the SÃ¡para peoples for permission and be respectful, just like when you visit your neighbor in the city.

Smoked fish is delicious in the rainforestâ€”but hard to make in your bedroom.

The rainforest is like a great big house for plants, animals, and spirits, but itâ€™s disappearing, little by little.

Filling his journal with imaginative drawings and words, the boy decides what he would do if he visited the rainforest: Invite the spirits for donuts and hot cocoa!Inspired by the authorâ€™s volunteer efforts to assist the SÃ¡para peoples in protecting an endangered bird, When My Dad Went to the JungleÂ portrays a young boy exploring big ideas about the natural world.

As he journals, the young boy realizes that, even though life for the SÃ¡para peoples is very different from his own, a little bit of the rainforest lives inside of all of us.

If we let it grow, then we will always respect the lands we walk, gather, and play on. An Aldana Libros Book, Greystone Kids