Rescuing the Rain Forest

By: Bob Temple and Savannah Horrocks\
Published by: Picture Window Books
Ages:7-12
Pages 62

This book is about a little boy named Ari, Ari keeps hearing a strange noise coming from his bedroom. When he tells his best friend about it, she teases him saying they are too old to think that monsters live in the closet. Ari tries over and over again to catch the monster, but doesn't. One day he finally sees a dark figure in his bedroom, he calls his best friend Kendra over to look. When they open the door to Ari's room they are shocked to find that his room has been transformed into a rain forest. With trees and vines, and everything. When they entered the rian forest they saw the small creature, Trace, who had been in Ari's room causing the noise. Trace tok Ari, and Kendra to a small village int he rain forest. They were taken to meet the king. The king turns out to be Trace's father and refuses help from the human children. And the king ordered the kids to be returned to their world. The kids come upon a part of the forest that was being destroyed, and they set out to stop it from being destroyed. But in the process the Trolls kidnap them, and try to set them on fire. But in the end Trace and his people save the children and scare away the trolls.

Who I would recommend this to? People who are interested in keeping the environment preserved.

Possible problems/ conflicts? Some people might disagree with keeping the earth "green"

My reaction: This book was a bit strange, I didn't enjoy it much. 3 stars.