World Rainforest Information Portal
A very comprehensive site covering all aspects of rain forests. Includes information on Canadian rain forests.

The Rainforest Information Centre
Articles, maps, news stories, children's section. Includes information on indigenous peoples of the rain forest. Developed by an Australian organization but international in scope.

Rainforest Action Network
If you are looking for ways to save the rain forests, come here for a wealth of ideas and suggestions. Also features rain forest fact sheets and e-postcards.

Visit the Rainforest
Facts, activities, virtual tour, plant and animal information, and activities brought to you by Arthur Elementary School, in Arthur, IL. Many links to other sites.

Science in the Rainforest
A PBS site featuring a self-guided tour of the rain forest, photos, background information, research news and more.

Journey into Amazonia
Explore the Amazon rain forest via this PBS site.

Welcome to the Rainforest
Good source of information on the economically valuable plants of the Amazon rain forest. Many links to related information and organizations. Presented by a company that promotes use of products made from sustainable and renewable rain forest resources.

Rainforest Live
Information for teachers and students, including glossary, facts and figures, scientific expeditions, games and contests.

• Caulfield, Catherine. In the Rainforest. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984
  Examination of African, Latin American, and South East Asian rain forests from historical, economic, political and biological perspectives. Good overview of rain forest ecology.
  
  
• Cheshire, Gerard and Richard Orr, illus. The Tropical Rainforest. (Nature Unfolds series). New York: Crabtree Publishers, 2001
  For grades 4 to 8. Spectacular fold-out illustrations
  
  
• Collins, N. Mark, ed. The Last Rain Forests: a world conservation atlas. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990
  Comprehensive resource featuring maps, photos and scientific information.
  
  
• Cruxton, J. Bradley. Discovering the Amazon Rainforest. (Discovery Series). Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 1998
  A book for students, focusing on how people live in the Amazon rain forest. Brief coverage of rain forests in other parts of the world.
  
  
• Forsyth, Adrian. Portraits of the Rainforest. Camden East, ON : Camden House, 1990
  Beautifully photographed with emphasis on South American and Central American rain forests.
  
  
• Gibbons, Gail. Nature's Green Umbrella: tropical rain forests. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1994
  A good introduction to rain forests for children; illustrated with watercolour paintings.
  
  
• Joyce, Christopher. Earthly Goods: Medicine Hunting in the Rainforest. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994
  Reports on people living and working in rain forests and products produced from rain forest plants.
  
  
• Knight, Tim. Journey into the Rainforest. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001
  Readers are taken on a virtual tour of a rain forest, discovering the complexity and beauty of this endangered ecosystem. For ages 8 and up.
  
  
• Plotkin, Mark J. Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: an ethnobotanist searches for new medicines in the Amazon rain forest. New York: Viking Penguin, 1993
  Determined to help preserve indigenous people's botanical knowledge, the author travelled to the Amazon rain forest where he apprenticed himself to local shamans and developed an even greater appreciation for the priceless resources found in rain forests.
  
  
• Royte, Elizabeth. The Tapir's Morning Bath: mysteries of the tropical rain forest and the scientists who are trying to solve them. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001
  Fascinating account of the research being carried out at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and a convincing argument for the value of this work.
  
  
• Terborgh, John. Diversity and the Tropical Rain Forest. New York: Scientific American Library, 1992
  Authoritative, well organized and illustrated. For the general reader.
  
  
• Whitmore, T.C. Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990
  Comprehensive account of rain forests. Includes information on research and conservation and discusses the future of rain forests.
  
  
• Wolfe, Art and Ghillean T. Prance. Rainforests of the World: water, fire, earth and air. New York: Crown, 1998
  Magnificent collaboration between a well known nature photographer and an acclaimed naturalist.