| View Larger Image | Amazon Basin (Vanishing Cultures) | Paperbackby Jan Reynolds (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Lee & Low Books | | Page Count: | 32 Pages | | Publication Date: | May 30, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 1,274,120st |
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Tuwenowa lives in the heart of the Amazon River Basin, home to the largest tropical rain forest in the world. For Yanomama people such as Tuwenowa and his family, the jungle provides everything they need-from thatching for their huts to the tropical fruits, animals, and fish they eat. The rainforest is the birthplace of the centuries-old traditions of Yanomama culture. The people celebrate life with songs of thanks and mark death with special rituals. By learning these customs from his father, a tribal shaman, Tuwenowa hopes to uphold the Yanomama way of life as he grows up. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)
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Vanishing Cultures by G. C. Ward (River Falls, WI United States)  5 Stars
August 13, 2009
The Vanishing Culture series is one of the best teacher resources I have found in a very long time. Beautifully illustrated and crafted stories immediately engage the students as they get to know a family in the vanishing culture. I have used the books to explore fundamental needs, inspiring critical thinking by comparing cultures and problem solving as we discussed what we could learn about sustainability from these ancient cultures. They have also been a wonderful resource for both physical and political geography since cultures are represented in varied continents and biomes and inspire contrasts such as the mountains of Nepal to the arid country of outback Australia. There is no better way to bring a culture to life than stories about real people. Each of these books has two - a story of a family beginning with earlier generations and the story of the author's journey into the focus culture.
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Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children by Yana V. Rodgers (New Brunswick, NJ) 5 Stars
March 07, 2009
Economic development, technological growth, and environmental degradation have affected the lives of all people on this planet. Yet modernization has changed the way of life more slowly across generations for some people. In this outstanding book series, Jan Reynolds offers readers a fascinating glimpse into several such societies and describes how families meet their subsistence needs, practice their beliefs, interact in their communities, and live in the elements.
To effectively communicate some fairly sophisticated lessons to younger children, the clear narratives each focus on a particular family, and the vivid photographs capture a wealth of interesting information about their activities, clothes, food, and surroundings. Seeing a young aborigines boy pulling an enormous carpet snake out of a log and reading about how the Inuit people survived on a diet consisting only of caribou meat and fat are just a few of the unique experiences that reading this book series will entail.
The series has seven books. This book, Amazon Basin, highlights a Yanomama family living in South America's Amazon rain forest.
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