Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish are Saving the World's Largest Rainforest

Reviewed by: Kathy George - Gray Publlic Library, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 12, 2018

Review

The Amazon Basin- the world's largest jungle and home to the jaguar, pink dolphin and new species being discovered all the time, is constantly being threatened by mining, clear cutting, and cattle ranching. It has been called the "lungs of the world." There is however a small fish that is helping to save this jungle and not in the way one would think. The piaba(small fry) is being caught by the millions and sold world wide to aquariums both large and small. On a trip to the Amazon, Scott Dowd, senior aquarist at the New England Aquarium was horrified to see these fish caught and sold worldwide. How could this be good for environment. With Scott, author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen take the reader to the Amazon and explain why capturing and selling these small, shy fish is earth friendly. another in the Scientists series that is not to be missed.

Overall Book Score: excellent