Zonia's Rainforest

A stunning picture book celebrating life in the Amazon rainforest, from Caldecott Honor winner Juana Martinez-Neal.

Zonia's home is in the rainforest in Peru. Her days are filled with play and adventure. Every morning she visits the sloth family, greets the giant anteater and runs with the speedy jaguar. But when the rainforest calls to her in distress, how will Zonia answer? From an award-winning author-illustrator comes a heartfelt celebration of the wonders of the rainforest told through the eyes of Zonia, a girl from the Indigenous Asháninka nation. With extra information about the rainforest and the Asháninka community, this is a joyful, beautiful and informative introduction to a natural wonder.

About the author

Juana Martinez-Neal is the Peruvian-born daughter and granddaughter of painters. Her debut as an author-illustrator, Alma and How She Got Her Name, was awarded a Caldecott Honor and was published in Spanish as Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre. She has illustrated books including La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya, for which she won a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award, and Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, which won a Robert F. Sibert Medal. Juana Martinez-Neal lives in Connecticut with her family. Visit her online at juanamartinezneal.com.

Product details

• Authors: Martinez-Neal Juana
• Assisted by: Martinez-Neal Juana (Illustration)
• Publisher: Walker Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 12.03.2026
• EAN: 9781406397444
• ISBN: 978-1-4063-9744-4
• No. of pages: 40
• Weight: 270 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Jungle Animals, Picture storybooks, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Environment, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Trees & Forests, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Caribbean & Latin America, JUVENILE FICTION / Indigenous / General