The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (Rise and Shine)

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Rich word choice once he wakes up to emphasize perceptual change (i.e. sun streaming through canopy; glowed like jewels; dark green forest; dangled in the air; steamy mist) Thet kapok tree sheds all of its leaves during the dry season. During the dry season, the seeds are also blown into open areas.

Text-to-World Connection: How does a theme or content presented in the book connect to something happening in the world? The experiences of the world the reader would need to bring when reading this text is global awareness of deforestation and farming. This is something that can be explored when reading/teaching the book through TSFW. Having these experiences helps the reader connect with the desperation of each animal not wanting the tree to be cut down. Furthermore it enables them to form a personal opinion on the global issue and give arguments for both sides of the argument as to whether or not the man should cut the tree down. Zara said, "I took away from this book that we should be nicer to Mother Nature. If you're not, the things on the Earth will die." Imagine that you are standing under the Great Kapok Tree. What sounds might you hear? Could you create a piece of music / audio that reflects this? Use the first line of the book (“Two men walked into the rain forest”) as the starting point for your own story.The pictures in this book contribute to the beauty of this story. They provide a real warmth and positive connection between the words and environment. Two men go into a forest, one of them points at this kapok tree, and leaves, and the other one takes an axe and starts cutting it down, then gets tired and goes to sleep. While he's asleep, various animals come and lecture the crap out of this guy about how chopping down trees in the rain forest is bad. The pictures are beautiful, the words are true, and the message is true, and it's a good message, but who is this book written for? The people who are cutting down trees in the rain forest are not going to read a children's book printed in English in the United States. The animals all speak English except for the word "Senhor," the Portuguese word for "Mister", so it's a wonder the presumably Brazilian man understands them at all.

It is considered a symbol of the universe and is the most sacred tree for the ancient Mayan population. If you want to unearth more interesting facts about this ancient tree and sacred symbol, keep reading! Facts About The Kapok Tree The kapok is an emergent tree found in dry and gallery forests. You can also find some species in secondary forests.The Ceiba Pentandra tree of tropical rainforests is famous for various reasons and is cultivated on a large scale for production.