Setting
Characters
Information about the book
The animals
Vocabulary
100
Where does the story take place?
The rain forest.
100
What character is worried about Oxygen
The porcupine
100
Who wrote the book?
Lynne Cherry
100
This troupe of cute animals comes down from the canopy. They look a little like humans.
The monkeys
100
Draw a jewel
200
The top part of the rain forest is called the _____ (hint: look on the first page)
The canopy
200
Who says, "You are chopping down this tree with no thought to the future?"
The anteater
200
What does the person who wrote the story want?
For people to protect the rain forests.
200
These animals are small and bright green.
The tree frogs
200
What does destroy mean?
300
The bottom part of the rain forest is called the _______ (hint: look on the first page).
The Understory
300
How many humans are in this story?
Three
300
What is the title of the book?
The Great Kapok Tree
300
This graceful animal has spotted fur.
The jaguar
300
What does depends mean?
400
What will happen to the soil if the trees are cut down?
The heavy rains will wash it away.
400
Who fears that a fire will destroy the forest?
The Toucan
400
In her letter, the person who wrote the book talks about the rain forests in what country?
The United States of America
400
This character is extremely slow. So slow.
The sloth.
400
What does "climb" mean?
500
What two continents have no rain forests?
Europe and Antarctica
500
Who asks the man to "look upon us all with new eyes?"
The child
500
What do we call a person who writes a book?
The author
500
This animal pollinates the rain forest.
The bee.
500
What does "murmur" mean?
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