Reviews for Rain forest homes

The average rating for Rain forest homes based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-06-10 00:00:00 David Allen Fabliaux were medieval French short stories, often farces about sex, that narrated single episodes and prepared the audience for an expected conclusion. In this collection, two stories referenced castration: The fabliau "The Fisherman from Pont-sur-Seine" involves a man who tries to make the point that his wife only loves him for sex. She protests, but he comically proves his point by pretending to have had his penis severed, at which she immediately renounces all interest in him. The ruse requires the use of a dead priest's organ, discovered by chance in the river: "At that he took his fishing knife, / Clipped the priest's penis at the root, / Washed and dried it in the boat, / Put it in his lap, and fished..." (p. 57) The fabliau "Aloul" involves a priest who has sex with a married woman and hears menacing shouts such as: "You worthless people! What the hell / Are you doing? Help me! Hurry up! / Everybody come and help / Castrate this priest!" and "Don't wait-- / Go get a razor. We'll castrate / This priest and then go back to bed." (p. 123, 128)

Review # 2 was written on 2019-01-22 00:00:00 Barbara Sweeton This non-fiction eye wonder read is all about the rain forest and the creatures who live in it. In the beginning, this book explains there are five layers of the forest and that each animal has its own special layer. Most of the pages highlight the region that the animal presented lives in. Many monkeys and birds live in the Emergent layer. Snakes live in the Understory. This book contains facts about animal behaviors, plant species, nocturnal animals, and camouflage. I thought this book was vivid with bright photography and descriptive with its words. I liked it a lot. The many captions give details about animals and their behaviors. My favorite page is the one titled "In the Treetops" because it has interesting facts about monkeys and a beautiful blue butterfly. I would use this book to help students learn about animals or habitats. The glossary in the back would be great for vocabulary words! Students could use this book to gather information for a project.