This beautifully illustrated collection of stories from one of the world's richest story-telling traditions is ideal for young readers and for reading aloud to 7-11 year-olds.

Each story is introduced with information about its origins and the people who first started telling it, and maps locate the places associated with it. The book includes a glossary and sources of further information as well as ideas for activities that children can do to explore the stories and Amazonian culture further.

Retold by an experienced writer of stories for the young, this is a book to inform and entertain in equal measure.

This book features in the following series: Multicultural Stories, Traditional Stories .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Since leaving the Bath College of Art, Rebecca Gryspeerdt has worked as a freelance illustrator, on projects as varied as Greenpeace cards and the Oxfam calendar. She has also co-written and ilustrated two children's books with Julia Mcrae. Saviour Pirotta has written a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts and won awards both here and in the US.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: How the World Began
• 3: The Legend of the Sun God
• 4: Floods and Disasters
• 5: The Tree of Life
• 6: The Amazon Miracle Plant
• 7: Buried Eyes
• 8: The Boat Plant
• 9: The Sad Song of the Moon
• 10: The Pink Dolphin, Buoto
• 11: Bufeo Colorado
• 12: Glossary
• 13: Further Information
• 14: Rainforest activities