The Shaman's Apprentice : A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

Mark J Plotkin

ISBN 10: 0152024867 / ISBN 13: 9780152024864

Published by Harpercollins Apr 2001, 2001

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Neuware - For thousands of years, in the jungles of the Amazon, shamans have passed their wisdom of the medicinal values of rain forest plants from one generation to the next. The Shaman's Apprentice tells the story of a Tirio Indian boy who dreams of one day being the tribal shaman, and how he and his people learn the importance of their own knowledge about the healing properties of the rain forest. Seller Inventory # 9780152024864

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Shaman's Apprentice : A Tale of the ...

Publisher: Harpercollins Apr 2001

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Taschenbuch

Illustrator: Cherry, Lynne

Condition: Neu

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Synopsis:

In a Tirio village deep in the heart of the Amazon rain forest, the shaman Nahtahlah has a place of honor in his tribe.Young Kamanya wants to learn the healing secrets of the forest plants--he hopes that he, too, will become the tribe's shaman, so that he can cure his people.When the villagers fall sick with an illness that Nahtahlah cannot cure, many lose faith in the shaman's wisdom--until a foreign woman helps them understand its value while giving Kamanya an opportunity to realize his dream.Lynne Cherry returns to the rain forest with ethnobotanist Mark J.Plotkin to tell an important story about the healing plants of the earth-and why we must protect them.

About the Authors:

Mark J. Plotkin (b. 1955) is an ethnobotanist based in the Neotropics. He is also the author of Medicine Quest.

LYNNE CHERRY has devoted her life to sharing her concern about environmental issues with others. Her important children's books also include The Armadillo from Amarillo and two tales from the Amazon rain forest: The Great Kapok Tree and The Shaman's Apprentice. She lives in Washington, D.C.