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Join photographer Marent as he captures images of rainforest life and tells the story of his journey through spectacular, full-color photos.

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Library Journal Review

This gorgeous book is the product of Swiss photographer Marent's passion for exploring rainforests on five continents and over 16 years. His spectacularly beautiful photographs show much about the nature of rainforests and their curious inhabitants, and the accompanying text explains what you are seeing and what it can tell you about these ecosystems. An initial section provides an overview of the various rainforest ecosystems and their characteristics; there is also an appendix describing and mapping the locations of the world's rainforests. Other chapters address specific themes, such as diversity, survival, life cycles, and social relations of rainforest inhabitants. There are many amazing close-ups of insects, reptiles, birds, and other creatures in their natural habitats, as well as fungi and unusual plants. An accompanying CD provides rainforest sounds from various locations. This book Marent's first is not only beautiful but an excellent source of information. It also shows the amazing diversity of species that makes rainforests unique and valuable. Recommended for all types of libraries. Marit Taylor, Univ. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Ctr. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Marent has spent half his life photographing rain forests from Papua New Guinea and New Zealand to Ecuador and Peru. Marent is self-taught, and his evocative work manifests an inborn talent for capturing detail and grace in every photograph, whether it be a study of the delicate wing of a butterfly or the bumpy-ridged hide of the Malayan horned frog. Each section is a delight for the eyes, the minimized companion text posted like road signs to help readers maintain their bearings while focusing on the luscious photographs. Each inhabitant of the rain forest becomes memorable for its clever camouflage, ingenious coexistence with the other species of this fragile world, or even its sheer size, in the case of the 42-inch-wide Rafflesia flower. Rain-forest advocates have no better friend than Marent. His 16-year photographic love affair with these essential ecosystems has resulted in an invaluable survey of the magnificent rain-forest's abundance and diversity of life. --Pamela Crossland Copyright 2006 Booklist