Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.5
Lexile Measure®: 890L
DRA: 28-30
Guided Reading: N
Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Forests and Rainforests
- Communities and Ways of Life
- South and Central American
- Indigenous Peoples
- Honor
- Respect
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About This Book
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.About the Authors or Illustrators
Lynne Cherry,environmental enthusiast, is the author and/or illustrator of over 30 award-winning books for children inculding the best-selling books The Great Kapok Tree and A River Ran Wild.
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