Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World’s Wildlife (Paperback)

This book is for: Grandaughter to Grandma
What is it about : An Animal visual guide
Rated: 5 stars by 67 reviewers and 5 stars by myself
How much it is priced on Amazon.com: under $25
Number of Pages: 624 pages (wow!)
Authors and Editors are: David Burnie  and Don E. Wilson

Both my boys love it, and even my daughter likes to read it when the two brothers are not fighting over it! I saw some reviewers complaining that the information wasn’t complete or that they couldn’t find every single animals they were looking for… To those people, I would like to remind them that this is a not an encyclopedia. For 30 bucks, you can’t expect to have the full 2 millions classified species estimated by the “Animal.” World Book Encyclopedia. BUT to the people who like you and me, are simply looking for an animal book full of amazing photography, interesting facts and detailed information good enough for the common people like you and me who are not looking into writing a PhD about wildlife, or writing their own science books for kids, this book is highly recommended.  I was myself highly impressed with the the size of the book (over 600 pages) and the quality of the pictures found throughout the book. Whenever we go on vacation, we bring this book with us, and kids like to quizz each other about fun facts and even about more scientific questions, such as the kingdom name, the family name, the order name, the species name, the habitat, etc, of a given animal. I am always so amazed at how much information a child can remember. This books not only covers the common animals (panthers, lions, giraffe) but also cover a whole bunch even parents may never have heard of. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has some interest in animals and, this, regardless of your age.  Happy reading!