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A companion to the "PBS Eyewitness Natural History" TV series, this volume gathers the best of all "Eyewitness" titles. Filled with over 600 stunning color photographs accompanied by detailed captions and small capsules of clearly written information, this resource book is a celebration of the glorious diversity of the earth and its inhabitants.
| Details | | Series: | Companion to the Pbs Series |
| Size | | Height: | 12.3 in | | Width: | 10.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 44.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
Gr 4-8 This survey of the anatomy, behavior, and evolution of animals mollusks through primates is a feast for the eyes, but the mind gets only tidbits. While some of them are fascinating, others are meaningless without further explanation, which is either absent from the book entirely or appears many pages away. The volume does cover some subjects in a coherent way, e.g., elephant dentition, but this information is more easily found in the ``Eyewitness'' title on elephants (from which it is taken) and makes more sense in that context. Other spreads are taken from the ``Eyewitness'' books on reptiles, amphibians, etc., but are not successfully integrated into an organized whole. The full-color photographs, while providing breathtaking detail, present their own problems. It is not easy to see where the label pointers are pointing, and in at least three cases they direct readers to the wrong body part. Also, photos are overlaid on one another without regard to the relative size of the specimens depicted. And the whole idea of isolating wild creatures on the white page, attractive as it is, seems to go against the trend in education and science, which is to consider them in the context of their natural habitats. Nancy Schimmel, formerly of San Mateo County Library, CA
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