The Shaman's Apprentice Author:Lynne Cherry, Mark J. Plotkin For thousands of years in the jungles of the Amazon, shamans have passed on information about the medicinal values of rain forest plants from one generation to the next. This book tells the story of one tribe who learned the importance of their own knowledge about the healing properties of the rain forest. It is based on a true story first told ... more »in the book Tales of the Shaman's Apprentice by Mark Plotkin.« less