I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. Follow scientists through a three-week trek through the rainforest as they catalog plants, animals, and other local creatures.

Very informative encapsulation of what happens when a rapid survey team explores a section of the Amazon rain forest.

This is very text dense, almost like a text book. I read this with my 5 year old kid and liked that the concepts were broken down enough for them to understand but it took a few days to get through. It does a great job of talking about all roles of the research team and the bits that they do to work together to gather data.

I think a read-along version for ebooks would be a great way for the book to reach a larger audience.

*** There are a few formatting issues I didn't note in the public review. Like the initial letter of a section was missing: page 2 of the ebook - the F in 'Follow the Field Museum's Rapid Inventory team' reads as 'ollow the Field Museum's Rapid Inventory team' . I think this will be on the dust jacket, so hopefully it's an easy fix for you.

This is an informational look at a rapid survey team from the Field Museum in Chicago that is dispatched to biodiverse areas around the world to quickly research animals, plants, insects, and people in the region and bring back their findings for both archival purposes and to develop a sustainable ecosystem with the local residents and government. The author follows the team as they go to three separate campsites over the course of 3 weeks and research their particular specialty. There is a herpatology team, a mammal team, a fish team, a plant team, a bird team and an insect team. Much of the focus is on the research and findings but there are some diverse species that are highlighted that live in the rainforest.

At the end of the book the focus turns to the social team and their research on indigenous and local farmers in the area, and their role in maintaining the ecosystem. This would be a great science and social studies book for homeschooling families and would be an awesome addition to curriculum in middle school classrooms. I think a lot of great discussions could occur, and if the readers are local to Illinois, a field trip to the Field Museum would be a great culminating activity.

I highly recommend this book for schools and libraries.

Wonderful, adjective ripe text immediately immerses readers into the world of the journey that they are about to join in 3 Weeks in the Rainforest. Text is informative and exciting, paired with regular intervals of imagery. Really information packed, and formatted well.