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Amazon adventure : how tiny fish are saving the world's largest rainforest

2017

Format:	Book
Author:	Montgomery, Sy, author.
Title:	Amazon adventure : how tiny fish are saving the world's largest rainforest / written by Sy Montgomery ; photos by Keith Ellenbogen.
Publisher, Date:	Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017]
Description:	65 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
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."-- Provided by publisher.
Target Audience Note:	Age 10-12. Grade 4 to 6.
Series:	Scientists in the field series Scientists in the field.
Subjects:	Montgomery, Sy -- Travel -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature. Ecology -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature. Ecology -- Brazil -- Rio Negro (Amazonas) -- Juvenile literature. Biotic communities -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature. Fishes -- Brazil -- Rio Negro (Amazonas) -- Juvenile literature. Fishes -- Amazon River -- Juvenile literature. Amazon River -- Juvenile literature. Rio Negro (Amazonas, Brazil) -- Juvenile literature.
Other Author:	Ellenbogen, Keith A., photographer.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Little fishes, giant jungle -- Kingdom of the cardinals -- Scott's story -- Barcelos -- Festival of the fishes -- From fish morgue to fish spa -- Daracua.
LCCN:	2016014693
ISBN:	9780544352995
Other Number:	949760234
System Availability:	3
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	3
Control Number:	658791
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Call Number:	j 577.098 Montgome

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