Cherry, Lynne. THE GREAT KAPOK TREE: A TALE OF THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST.
Monkeys, tree porcupines, anteaters, and other rain forest animals try to stop a man from cutting down their home--a Brazilian kapok tree.

Cooney, Barbara. MISS RUMPHIUS.
To make the world a more beutiful place, Miss Rumphius begins by sowing flowers all over the countryside.

Gerson, Mary-Joan. WHY THE SKY IS FAR AWAY: A NIGERIAN FOLKTALKE.
The sky once provided all the food that people needed until they became wasteful and greedy.

Jonas, Ann. AARDVARKS, DISEMBARK!
After the flood, many unusual, endangered, and now extinct animals parade out of Noah's ark.

Mazer, Ann. THE SALAMANDER ROOM.
A young boy finds an orange salamander and gradually imagines his room into a perfect home for it.

Ryder, Joanne. THE SNAIL'S SPELL.
Imagine yourself shrinking into a soft, small, gray snail.

SEUSS, Dr. THE LORAX.
Greed and pollution destroy the colorful truffula trees.

Tresselt, Alvin. THE GIFT OF THE TREE.
An oak tree lives and dies in the forest, providing food, shelter, and safety for the animals and life all around.

Yolen, Jane. WELCOME TO THE GREEN HOUSE.
A tropical rain forest brims with bright colors and sounds as hummingbirds and ocelots, fig trees and orchids grow and thrive.