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| The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest | 
 enlarge | Authors: Lynne Cherry, Mark J. Plotkin
Publisher: Sandpiper
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 271546
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 36
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.2
ISBN: 0152024867
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780152024864
ASIN: 0152024867
Publication Date: April 1, 2001
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Product Description
For thousands of years, in the jungles of the Amazon, shamans have passed their wisdom of the medicinal values of rain forest plants from one generation to the next. The Shaman's Apprentice tells the story of a Tirio Indian boy who dreams of one day being the tribal shaman, and how he and his people learn the importance of their own knowledge about the healing properties of the rain forest.
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Learning from other cultures. October 23, 2008
I was first attracted to this book by the cover art. It depicts a scene with an older man and a young boy looking around the rainforest with wisdom and awe. As it sub-title states, A Tale of the Amazon rain forest, I was not misled. This is a fiction book yet the information is accurate. It displays the plants and tribal life in a typical Amazonian village.
The illustrations were colorful, realistic and related to the text. On the inside front and back cover pages are drawings of Amazonian plants. These drawings give the name of the plant and its medicinal use. As an adult, I found that interesting and, as a teacher, I was able to use these pages with my students to teach about rain forest plants.
The story follows a young Amazonian boy who when first introduced is lying sick in his hammock. After he is visited by the tribe's medicine man - the shaman - he recovers from his fever. The boy learns from the shaman, from visits from white missionaries, and from his own people. The story is interesting and does stay on point - the importance of protecting the healing plants of the earth.
This book is appropriate for grades 1-4. Many teaching activities can be found within the pages of this book. For example, matching the plants pictured in the front of the book to the plants illustrating the dialogue pages. Younger children would like to find and identify the animals shown throughout this book.
I would recommend this book to parents and teachers.
Thomas Sandusky, author of Gracie the glass tree frog
The Really Awsome Shaman's Apprentice October 23, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
It was a really good book. I'd recommend it. It is about a boy in Kwamala that wants to be a Shaman. He becomes the Shaman's apperentice. Read this book if you want to know if he becomes a Shaman himself. This would be a good book for 10 year olds.
The Shaman's Apprentice : A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest May 22, 2001
I saw this book on Reading Rainbow today, and I was enthralled by the story and the beautiful illustrations. The episode took Levar to the village the book was about and introduced us to the apprentice, now grown, being teacher to the village and his twin sons. My daughter is only a year old, but just the colors kept her attention. I look forward to when the words will have the same effect, as I'm sure they will.
An ecological lesson for children and their parents November 29, 1998
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
The Shaman's Apprenctice is one of the rarest of books. It combines an engaging true story with beautiful illustrations. The result in an aural-visual experience that transcends the age of the audience and presents a valuable message to all. It should be required reading for every planetary denizen.
Lovely! My three year loved it, so did I... August 14, 1998
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This beautifully illustrated and wonderfully written book is that rare children's story that teaches and says something important while preserving the wonder and magic of how children (grown and otherwise) view the world.
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