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Synopsis
Text and illustrations present information on a variety of animals from aardvarks and butterflies to whales and zebras.
| Size | | Length: | 160 pages | | Height: | 11.3 in | | Width: | 9.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 36.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
Each topic is covered in one page, with text consisting of a brief description of the animal in bold type, and captions for each picture. The print size is readable and appealing to the elementary user. . . . Each page includes 'Find Out More,' which functions as a see also reference. . . . Parents, teachers, and librarians will welcome step-by-step activities and projects that are included with animal topics that lend themselves to arts-and-crafts projects. A glossary and index add value to the volume as a reference tool. Similarly-named volumes, The Kingfisher First Encyclopedia of Animals, with 400 entries, and The Kingfisher Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals, covering more than 2,000 animals, are geared toward older children. Children ages five through eight will have a visual adventure with this new Kingfisher volume, which will answer the basic requirements of animal reports, though further research may be required on most animals. Recommended for school and public libraries.
Annotation copyright H.W. Wilson Company.
Hatch
Gr 2-4 This alphabetically arranged "encyclopedia" of animals promises much it does not deliver. Though the copyright page does not indicate a European origin, the text in the section on "Rabbit and Hare" confirms it, as rabbits, readers are told, "...live underground in...warrens." Not North American bunnies, in any event. While attractive, with many colorful illustrations and full-color photos of children interacting with animals, and approachable in style, with introductory paragraphs in large font and data-full captions, this volume is disappointing. It is littered with oversimplification (try explaining evolution given the skimpy data supplied), omissions (find a definition of "cold-blooded" if you can), and downright misinformation ("The largest jellyfish measured had tentacles 6 feet long" certainly doesn't consider the lion's mane sea jelly (Cyanea capillata) made famous in a Sherlock Holmes adventure which readily grows to an 8-foot disc trailing tentacles over 100 feet long). A poor choice. Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
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