Splitter, splat, splash While they sleep, the Forest fills with the sounds of the night creatures.
Steve Jenkins is the acclaimed illustrator or author/illustrator of numerous books, including The Top of the World, which received a Boston Globe/Horn Book Award, Eat Like a Bear, and Animal Poems..
Her books are full of well-researched detail, and Brenda sees this research as an adventure--one that allows her to be a jungle explorer at last.
As a child, Brenda wanted to be a jungle explorer.
Guiberson has written many books for children, including Cactus Hotel, Into the Sea, Moon Bear, The Greatest Dinosaur Ever, and Disasters.
About the Author: Brenda Z.
Vibrant, colorful collages and an inviting text take young readers on an exhilarating tour of the tropical Rain forest.
In a place that gets twenty feet of Rain a year, it is a way of life.
A poison dart frog finds a tiny pool where her tadpoles can grow.
Birds with rainbow beaks fly in search of shelter.
Howler monkeys roar and drink the water that drips from nearby leaves.
Come explore the Rain Forest A downpour wakes the creatures of the Rain forest.
Everywhere night creatures with huge bright eyes slither and slurp through the darkness.
The air carries the taste of mouse.
A snake thrusts its tongue to taste the air.
Hssss.
Flap flap A bat bites a fig.
Sloop A silky anteater slurps up thousands of ants.
Splitter, splat, splash While they sleep, the Forest fills with the sounds of the night creatures
