If you were an animal in the rain forest, would you be a butterfly? A toucan? An iguana? A jaguar?
In art club after school, Carlin Springs students painted a wild setting for the spring play. They discovered inspiring scenes of forest canopies in books from the Arlington County Library, including Little Kids First Big Book of the Rain Forest by Moira Rose Donohue, The Amazon by Tom Jackson and What’s Up in the Amazon Rain Forest by Ginjer L. Clarke.
Students wrote the script and acted as animals alarmed by changes in their habitat. Katie McCreary and Ashley Hammond of the Educational Theatre Company led the writers and directed the performance — all in the spirit of learning through the arts!
Liz Macklin -- Writer & Illustrator 
Absolutely beautiful! Love that you are teaching the importance of the rain forest and the natural world.
Cheryl, I hope my students grow up to enjoy walks through woodlands the way you do!
Wonderful project – beauty, truth, & goodness are siblings on our Earth. Thanks, Liz, for all you do & create & connect.
Thank you. I look forward to reading more of your poems.