 This stunning and fun information book looks at animals of North America, Europe, and Asia, from Kodiak bears and Texas rattlesnakes to European badgers and Japanese Macaques. Most of the wildlife images are accompanied by compelling and often humorous descriptive paragraphs. The highly stylized, geometric illustrations really make the book. A note touches on pollution, climate change, and global warming and the fact that a third of the animals in the book are endangered. Also included is an index of the 80 animals. Also available is Wild Animals of the South. mjw |
| Title: Wild Animals Of The North Author: Dieter Braun Illustrator: Dieter Braun Publisher: Flying Eye Books, an imprint of Nobrow Ltd. London Copyright: 2016 Original Language: German Translator: Jen Calleja Original Title: Die Welt der wilden Tiere: Im Norden Original Publisher: von dem Knesebeck GmbH and Co. Verlag KG, Munchen Original Copyright: 2015 ISBN: 978-1-909263-96-3 Hardcover pages: 144 Age range: 5-8 Genre: Picture book. Information book, Nonfiction Book setting: North America, Europe, Asia Author’s ethnicity: German Author’s residence: Hamburg, Germany Illustrator’s ethnicity: German Illustrator’s residence: Hamburg, Germany Subjects: Endangered animals, Northern hemisphere, Wild animals, Wilderness |
Wild Animals Of The North
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