Product Description
by Laura B. Wiener (Author)
Calling all adventure loving explorers to join two brave ants trailblazing through the Amazon
Taoca, the red army ant, and her colony from the deciduous forest are devastated by not only the two-legged creatures and their shiny blades but also by ravaging fires and fierce storms. Taoca is swept down the amazon river and finds herself stranded in a strange rainforest environment where she befriends the leaf-cutter ant, chief sauva. chief sauva and taoca journey through the rain forest brimming with danger and surprises to seek out imbauba, the wise sloth. hopefully, imbauba will help taoca find her way back to her lost colony.
Author Biography
Laura B. Wiener is an educator who lives in Atlanta, GA. Her students have been the inspiration for many of her ideas. Laura began her career studying biology at Duke University and obtained a doctorate in molecular genetics from the Max Planck Institute in Berlin. She has combined her scientific research and educational expertise to help develop and teach children.
Lauras research and travels led her to the rainforests of Central and South America where she witnessed first-hand the amazing plants and wildlife. Leaf cutter ants, sloths and caimans are some of the more notable of many creatures she encountered on her journeys.
Laura enjoys writing stories about nature for children and has been published in childrens magazines. Educating and entertaining her young audience has become a life-long and most rewarding goal.
