Rain Forest Adventures

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One-sentence summary

Twenty-seven stories about the Amazon rainforest and its animals with spiritual applications.

Description

Horace Banner, the author, was a missionary who lived with and loved the people of the Amazonian rainforest. Rain Forest Adventures has twenty-seven stories about the animals and natural life of the Amazon rainforest. Each story has a spiritual application. The book has ninety-six pages.

These are stories about tree frogs, anteaters, piranha fish, snakes, and jaguars. These all show the wonders of God's creation. Each story contains a Bible verse and lesson.

Titles of the stories are:

• Voices in the Rain Forest

• Serpent in the River

• Tree-Frog's Nest

• Wasted Years of the Tortoise

• Squirrel and the Snake

• Taming the Peccary

• The Anteater

• The Boa Turns to Soap

• Playing Possum

• Don't Be an Armadillo

• Slow as a Sloth

• Goatsucker's Bad Name

• Killer Fish for Supper

• Blue Butterfly?

• Two Birds in One

• The Electric Eel

• Putting Up the Green Parasol

• The Triumphant Frog

• Battle of the Bats

• Ear of the Tapir

• Jungle Turncoat

• Snakes Alive

• Calling the Jaguar

• The Grasshopper Mind

• Guidance from the Gecko

• Tip From the Termites

• What Toucan Can Do

Considerations

• Each translation of these stories will need to be made culturally appropriate.
• Some stories have been written in a longer version in another book, Amazon Adventures
• The Scriptures and the lessons are useful for children 8-12 years of age.

Limitations

Guidelines for Use

• Useful for radio programs.
• Use as audio cassettes with flipchart illustrations. This would show pictures of the animals.

Where to Obtain

Link to Producer or Source Organization

Christian Focus Publications

Cost

$3.99 (UKP) as of 2006

Producer/Owners

Author/Artist/Producer

Author: Horace Banner

Illustrator: Stuart Mingham

Current copyright owner

Christian Focus Publications Ltd.

Other Information

If you are interested in translating these stories into a minority language, contact Christian Focus Publications Ltd. Working together, you will make a Creative Commons License agreement.

Reviewed by

Vida, VMS Children's Resource Coordinator

Date

January 22, 2008