Review by Booklist Review
What do you see? In a guessing game that pairs close-up details with large images on the following page, this title in the Looking Closely series spotlights life in the tropical rain forest, including a squirrel monkey, a banana plant, a moth orchid, and a scarlet macaw. The crisp, beautiful photos and the interactive text will draw kids into both the interactive fun and scientific facts, and a final, stirring, double-page spread of the rain forest shows a wide view of where the featured animals and plants live. The astonishing detail will have kids turning back to the small close-ups for repeated viewings.--Rochman, Hazel Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Horn Book Review
On the right-hand page, a cropped photo framed by a black background prompts the facing page's question: "Look very closely. What do you see?" Turning the page reveals the answer: the whole exquisite picture of, say, a zebra tarantula, with accompanying information. Nine of these exercises offer intriguing glimpses inside the rainforest habitat. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
"Look very closely. What do you see? Sand dunes? Pussy willow? What could it be?" Following the pattern of others in the series (Looking Closely Along the Shore, 2008, etc.), this guessing game for the very young asks readers to choose what the close-up image in a small circle on the opposing page might represent. The next two pages show the big picture, along with two paragraphs of additional information. From squirrel monkey to spiny-tailed iguana, bananas to bamboo, the selection of animals, plants, fruits and flowers is intriguing. Although there is a red-eyed tree frog, other subjects will be a surprise. Unfortunately, there is no explanation of what a rainforest is, and the options suggested by his lead-in questions have no particular relevance to rainforest ecosystems. Except for two images, identified on the cataloging page, the author-photographer provides no information about when and where he took his pictures. Even for a read-aloud, this is of dubious value. (Informational picture book. 4-7)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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