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The Great Kapok Tree
AuthorLynne Cherry
IllustratorLynne Cherry
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEnvironmentalism
GenrePicture book
PublisherHarcourt Brace Jovanovich
Publication date
1990
Pages40 pp.
ISBN978-986-7942-78-4
LC ClassPZ7.C4199 Gr 1990

The Great Kapok Tree is an American children's picture book about rainforest conservation. It was written and illustrated by Lynne Cherry and was originally published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1990. The book is dedicated to Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper trying to protect the rainforests, who was murdered in 1988.[1]

  1. ^ Maura Dolan. "Kid books enlist in eco-war". Los Angeles Times. September 9, 1992. 1.

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