National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals

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Get ready to take a walk on the wild side! National Geographic Children's Books' brand-new reference work provides families and children with everything they need to know about the animal kingdom.

You'll meet more than 1,000 animals as you explore the pages of National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals. This comprehensive volume introduces the entire animal kingdom: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and all kinds of invertebrates, from sea squirts to worms and spiders.

Your tour of the animal kingdom will take you to every corner of the planet—from rugged mountain slopes to ocean depths and from steamy jungles to baking deserts and icy polar regions.

First, you'll find out just what an animal is, where animals live, how they behave, and why some are endangered. Then the parade of animals begins, each group in its own color-coded section. A lively introductory essay pointing out each group's distinguishing features is followed by page after page of stunning illustrations, engaging text, fun facts, maps, and more about the amazing range of animals within each group. The vibrant illustrations seem to crawl, chatter, screech, growl, and jump off every page. There's also a glossary to help with all the new terms you'll be learning, and a comprehensive index makes it easy to find just the animal you need for that report you're writing or just to satisfy your curiosity.

You'll find: More than 1,000 species vividly illustrated Fascinating facts at your fingertips Range maps for all major groups of animals Cross-sections and cutaways Photo essays that show animals in their habitats The latest conservation data Features on scientific discoveries and breakthroughs Scientific and common names for all animals Size listings for all illustrated animals Contents prepared under the direction of an international authority on animal sciences Comprehensive glossary and index

The animal kingdom is the greatest show on Earth, and National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals puts it all at your fingertips.

Customer Reviews:   Read 11 more reviews...

Beautiful introduction to animals!   June 24, 2008
Sonya Medema (San Francisco, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

My four year old daughter and I adore this book and have for 2 years! There are beautiful illustrations (not photos) of a lot of animals. The only thing it lacks is information on all of the animals, but overall it is a gorgeous book that gets a lot of use in our house!


Great but not many photos   June 19, 2008
J. Hoffman (United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I think this book is excellent content-wise. However, it has mostly drawings of animals, not actual photos. I was disappointed in this as the other reviews seemed to suggest it has lots and lots of pictures--these pictures are actually drawings (which are very well done) and they are indeed very plentiful, but I will be sending it back for a book with more actual photos of animals.


Excellent book   December 24, 2007
M. Romanowski (Michigan USA)
This book is AWESOME. It has so much information in it and has beatiful pictures. It is perfect for any animal lover.




Amazing Animal book!   November 30, 2007
Nicole M. Amling (Portland, Oregon United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I am a substitute teacher and I have spent the last 4 weeks in a first grade classroom. From the minute I brought the book into the classroom it has been the favorite of all the students especially the boys. They can't read all of it but they love looking up the animals and are excited to show me their favorite animals. It is a great book to expose kids of all ages to animals. The lizards, snakes and insect are the favorite pages.


My daughters favorite picture book   September 24, 2007
Pancake (San Rafael, CA United States)
This has been my daughters favorite book from the time she was 1 year old all the way through 2 years 3 months. She loves to flip through the pages and identify very detailed pictures of all types of animals. Its also very informative for adults too.