Renowned picture book creators Nicola Davies and Petr Horácek team up
for a captivating first look at animals around the world.
Polar bears playing on the ice, tigers hunting in the jungle, and
nightingales singing in the heart of the woods -- animals are
everywhere. In a remarkable collection of poems, children's author
Nicola Davies shares keen observations on wildlife around the world.
Sometimes lyrical and sometimes humorous, the poems reveal fascinating
facts about animals of every color, shape, size, and origin, from giant
blue whales to bats as tiny as bumblebees. Lively, colorful
illustrations by Petr Horácek reveal the vast beauty and variety of the
animal world in this essential introduction, perfect for even the
youngest amateur zoologists.