Edward Parker has also written several books on Mexico, Brazil and Central America in the "Country Fact Files", "World Fact Files", "Country Insights" and "Changing Face of" series. He is also the author of many books in the "Rainforests" series, covering trees and plants, people, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, insects and spiders.

'the close-up photographs will be inspiring for young minds. The author is a freelance photo-journalist and the images in [this] book have been augmented with some of the best rainforest images from other sources making them great books for children aged from 7 to 13.' -- School Librarian, Winter 2002

Edward Parker is a freelance photojournalist and author, specialising in environmental issues and development issues in Latin America, where he travels to regularly. He also works for WWF. Over the last decade he has travelled extensively throughout Latin America contributing to reports, magazines and books.