Displaying 1 of 1 2022 Format: Book Author: Ganeri, Anita, 1961- author. Title: Forest fighter : the story of Chico Mendes / Anita Ganeri ; Margaux Carpentier. Publisher, Date: Northampton, MA : Crocodile Books USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2022. Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm Summary: "A picture book that tells the important story of Chico Mendes, who led the fight to protect the Amazon rainforest and demand fair treatment for the people whose livelihoods depended on it"--Provided by publisher. Target Audience Note: 007+. Subjects: Mendes, Chico, -1988 -- Juvenile literature. Mendes, Chico, -1988. Conservationists -- Brazil -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Rubber tappers -- Brazil -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Rain forest conservation -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature. Deforestation -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature. Genre: Biographies. Other Author: Carpentier, Margaux, illustrator. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Fighters for the forest -- Born in the forest -- Starting work -- Busy afternoons -- Deep in debt -- Forest school -- A stranger arrives -- Teaching and politics -- Opening the Amazon -- Roads to ruin -- Forest people -- Taking up the fight -- Forest protest -- Spreading the word -- Waking up the world -- Going green -- Threats of violence -- Fateful day -- Chico's legacy -- Forest future -- Amazon rainforest facts. LCCN: 2021062638 ISBN: 9781623718565 Other Number: 1264272273 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 966107 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: j BIO Mendes Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
