International+Year+of+Forests+resources

International Year of Forests Resource list | This list represents just some of the resources in the LMERC collection relevant to the International Year of Forests.

The United Nations have declared 2011 the International Year of Forests ** LMERC have many resources available for primary and secondary teachers to introduce the forests theme across the curriculum. LMERC resource list and the fabulous online resources available on the edna website [|//**Forests: a global perspective**//] See also the great resource material and ideas for creating video mashups on the Zoos Victoria website.Themes: promoting awareness of habitat loss in the Indonesian rainforests, biodiversity and endgangered animals. [] Picture books and folktales

Baker, Jeannie (1989) **Where the forest meets the sea.** Walker Books, London. A young boy and his father explore the Daintree rain forest.

Baker, Jeannie (2000) **The Hidden forest**//.// Walker Books, London. Exploring the underwater kelp forests on the east coast of Tasmania. Both these titles are illustrated in Baker’s award-winning collage style.

Blackford, Harriet and Manya Stoljic (2007) //**Tiger’s story.**// Koala Books, Mascot, NSW. Follows a young tiger cub growing up. A simple introduction to an endangered species for younger students.

Bodsworth, Nan (1991) //**A nice walk in the jungle**.// Puffin, Ringwood, Vic. Miss Jellaby and class are out for a nature walk. So is a boa constrictor who, one by one, eats all the class. Fortunately Miss Jellaby is strong-minded enough to get the children back. An old favourite.

Carle, Eric (2002) //‘//**Slowly, slowly, slowly,” said the sloth**//.// Penguin, London. The sloth does everything slowly. The other South American jungle animals ask why. In typical Eric Carle style, colourful illustrations and repetitive text.

Cherry, Lynne (1990) **The great Kapok tree: a tale of the Amazon rain forest.** A picture book about the ecosystem of a large kapok tree, with a conservation message.

Cowcher, Helen (1988) **Rainforest**//.// Milet, London. Simple picture book about South American rainforest animals. Available in bilingual versions: Chinese, Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Jenkins, Martin (2007) **Ape**//,// Walker Books, London. With stunning illustrations, this simple story introduces the reader to each of the great apes, describing their behaviours and touching on problems of habitat destruction and declining numbers.

Kerven, Rosalind (1989) //**The Tree in the moon and other legends of plants and trees.**// CUP, Cambridge. A collection of legends about trees and plants. Includes stories from India, Japan, and Malaysia.

Morimoto, Junko (1989) //**Kenju’s forest.**// Collins, Sydney. Kenju plants a forest of young cedar trees in an empty field. His neighbour objects, but it matters little when both Kenju and the neighbour die one hard winter. Time passes and the village grows to a city but Kenju's forest stays, a peaceful green place in the midst of progress.

Pitcher, Caroline (2004) //**Lord of the Forest**.// Frances Lincoln, London. Little Tiger is looking for the Lord of the Forest.

Pitts, Kerri and Larry. (2000) //**Facing the tiger.**// Random House, Milsons Point, NSW> Rani lives in an Indian jungle village, her freedom curtailed by fear of the tigers who prowl the jungle waiting to strike down the unwary or unlucky. When she is lost one festival night, Rani uses her moon mask to fool the tiger into thinking she is always facing him. l Shyam, Bhajju, Urveti, Ram Singh and Durga Bai (2009) //**The Night life of trees**.//Tara Books, New Del;hi. A book of art and folklore form the Gond tribe in central India,. Traditional forest dwellers, the Gonds believethat tress are central to life. Useful as inspiration for art classrooms.

Sikunder, Sylvia (1999) //**The Forest singer**.// Barefoot Books, London. A picture book about a young pygmy boy living in the mountain forests of Uganda and Congo.

Singh, Rina and Helen Cann (2005) **//A Forest of stories; magical tree tales from around the world.//** Barefoot Books, London. Stories from China, Japan, India, Nigeria ,Morocco and Guatemala.``

Temple, Philip and Chris Gaskin (2000) //The legend of the kea.// Hodder and Stoughton, Dunedin. The kea is the world’s only mountain parrot. In this picture book, NZ author, Philip Temple ‘explains’’ how the kea came to live in the inhospitable mountains. It also ‘explains’ how all the other birds became the way they are today. Could be used as a model to inspire students to create their own myths and ‘explanation’ stories.

Wilson, Mark (2007) //**The Last Tree,**// Hatchette, Sydney. Beautiful illustrations help to tell this poignant story about the destruction of Australia’s old growth forests. As the city encroaches and the forest disappears the reader gets a glimpse of the effect of habitat loss on the animals of the forest. The story ends with a message of hope as a seed from the dying tree begins to grow.

Information books

Aloian, Molly (2010) //**The Amazon: river in a rain forest**.// Crabtree, New York. (Middle years)

Atkinson, Kathie (1993) //**Life in a rotten log**.// Allen & Unwin, Melbourne. (early/Middle years) What happens when a tree falls down in a temperate Australian forest? This book explores the cycle of life and the interdependence of living things.

Baker, Lucy (1997) //**Life in the Rainforests: animals, people, plants**.// Two-Can publishing, London. (Early./middle years) Looks at rainforest ecology and focuses on environmental issues.

Brock, Avril (1999) //**Into the enchanted forest: language, drama and science in primary schools**.// Trentham Books, London. A language learning in context project at an early years school in England. The project involved the building of an enchanted forest in which children developed their language through working collaboratively to solve problems and complete tasks. The majority of students were from LBOTE.

Brim, Warren and Anna Eglitis (2005) //**Creatures of the rainforest: two artists explore Djabugay country**.// Magabala books, Broome, WA. (Early/Middle years) The Djabugay people are from the far north Queensland rainforest and tableland. The wildlife of the area is uncovered in this book.

Ganeri, Anita (2008) //**Living in the Amazon rainforest**.// Raintree, London. (Early/Middle years) An exploration of the Yanomami tribe of the Amazon rainforest.

Lewington, Anna (1996) //**The Wayland atlas of Rain Forests.**// Wayland, Hove. (Middle years)

Maathai, Wangari Muta(2007) **//Unbowed: one woman’s story.//** Random House, London. The autobiography of Wangari Maathai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, for her commitment to environmental reform in Kenya. She founded the green belt movement, and famously planted trees to arrest deforestation in Kenya. Two picture books also tell the story: Nivola, Claire A. (2008) //**Planting the trees of trees of Kenya**.// Frances Foster Books, New York. Winter, Jeanette (2008) **//Wangari’s trees of peace: a true story of Africa.//** Harcourt, New York.

McLeish, Ewan (2007) //**Rainforest destruction**.// Franklin Watts, London. (middle years). Looks at why the world’s rainforests are being destroyed and how this affects the environment. Also discusses action that can be taken to prevent further deforestation. Includes some debate questions and scenarios that could be useful for classroom discussion.

Parish, Steve (200-?) //**Discover & learn about Australian forests and woodlands**.// Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield, Qld. (Middle years)

Poultney, Trevor (2003) //**Environments Asia Pacific**,// Curriculum Corporation, Carlton, VIC. (middle – upper years) An in-depth reader style book covering issues of land use and forests, living with nature, tourism and the environment, people on the move and water supply within the Asia Pacific region. Contains case studies, statistical tables, maps and activities.

Riley, Peter (2003) //**Survivor’s science in the rainforest**.// Hodder Wayland, Hove. (Middle years) Turn your classroom into the set of //Survivor:// information and science activities show what you would need to survive in a rainforest:

Ring, Susan (2003) //**Project Orangutan**.// Weigl, Mankato, MN. (//Zoo life series)// (Early-years).

Royston, Angela (2008) //**Disappearing forests**,// Harcourt Education, Oxford. (early years) A simple information book for early years from the series // Protect Our Planet, // features maps and diagrams.

Sobol, Richard (2008) //**Breakfast in the Rainforest: a visit with mountain gorillas**.// Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Mass. (Early/Middle years)

Spilsbury, Richard (2004) **//Bengal//** //**Tiger: in danger of extinction**.// Heinemann library, London. (Middle years) Looks at the tiger’s lifestyle and behaviours, and examines the threat posed by human intervention and environmental change. Also looks at conservation measures.

Victoria. Department of Natural Resources and Environment (1998) //Leadbeater’s possum:// **// Spotlight on the Forest //**. East Melbourne. (middle years) A resource book for teachers containing information and activities about the threats to the Leadbeater’s possum and actions that can be taken to protect it.

Watson, Susan (2003) //**Protecting Global environments**.// Macmillan, South Melbourne. (Middle years).

Games and realia This game from India was hand patchworked in traditional style by women from Kutch, in remote Gujurat. The game is similar to other board games from around the world, including the North American, //Fox and geese// and the object is for the tiger to capture the goats or the goats to surround the tiger..
 * // Tiger and goat. // **

// See also // Tigers and other endangered animals resource list http://globaleducationresources.wikispaces.com/Tigers+and+endangered+animals+resource+list Biodiversity teaching resources http://globaleducationresources.wikispaces.com/Biodiversity+teaching+resources