cover image THE SHAMAN'S APPRENTICE: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

THE SHAMAN'S APPRENTICE: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

Lynne Cherry, , illus. by Cherry. . Harcourt/Voyager, $6 (36pp) ISBN 978-0-15-202486-4

Based on the true story of a boy who apprentices himself to an Amazon village shaman when malaria hits the region, this story "demands readers' recognition of nature's power to heal as well as its vulnerability," said PW. Ages 6-9. (Apr.)