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| AMAZON
DIARY
A few years ago I had the privilege of going into the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, and making contact with a vanishing culture of stone-age people called the Yanomamis. Photographer Mark Greenberg and I traveled by dugout canoe into the jungle with Dr. John Walden, a doctor who has a plan for bringing much-needed medical assistance to the Yanomami people. Mark and I recorded all of our own experiences and used them to create the adventures our character Alex in Amazon Diary. |
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Amazon
Diary is the
tale of Alex Winters, a sixth grader from Chicago, and his adventures in
the Amazon Rainforest. When the small plane carrying him to his
parents crashes in the jungle he is rescued by a stone-age tribal people known as the
Yanomami. The
book is made up of Alex's diary entries while living with the
Yanomami. Unique in its collage-style use of photography, illustration,
and
hand-written text, Amazon Diary re-creates the experience of contact with
a quickly disappearing culture, from a kid's point of view.
"Finally,
this is a good-for-you book that succeeds!" "Amazon
Diary is amazing -- clever, dark in places, serious in others, funny
in still others, and -- most importantly -- very emotional, and easy
to identify with!" "...
an accessible glimpse into the daily life of these isolated forest dwellers,
a valuable starting place for discussion." Amazon Diary was featured on The 48 page, full color, soft-cover version of Amazon Diary is available. |
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