Animal Habitats: Search & Find Activity Book (for young naturalists ages 6-9)

by Sam Hutchinson, Sarah Dennis (Illustrator)

Overview

Introduce young nature lovers to the wonders of ecology as they explore the earth's most amazing and unusual regions—colorful coral reefs, frozen polar seas, dense, leafy rain forests, and more—and meet the unique animals that call them home. In a world filled with marvelous creatures great and small, astounding discoveries can be found in Sarah Dennis's enchanting, intricate cut-paper illustrations. Readers learn how food webs sustain incredible birds, beasts, fishes, and insects and the ingenious ways that plants and animals adapt to the varied ecosystems of our diverse planet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616898496
Publisher:	Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date:	08/27/2019
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,196,374
Product dimensions:	10.12(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Sam Hutchinson is the publisher of a small, independent children's publishing company in London.

Sarah Dennis is an artist whose work combines traditional paper cutting with collage. Her previous book, Animal Camouflage, won the 2016 Junior Design Award for best emerging talent, children's illustrator.

Editorial Reviews

"The focus is on food chains in this follow-up to the dazzling Animal Camouflage. Once again Dennis' precise, realistic cut-paper illustrations command attention. Labeled silhouettes of individual plants and animals are color coded to show their predator/prey relationships within seven marine or terrestrial habitats; these are followed by intricate, full-page monochrome scenes in which the flora and fauna are artfully incorporated to be picked out by the sharp of eye."
- Kirkus Reviews

"The focus is on food chains in this follow-up to the dazzling Animal Camouflage. Once again Dennis' precise, realistic cut-paper illustrations command attention. Labeled silhouettes of individual plants and animals are color coded to show their predator/prey relationships within seven marine or terrestrial habitats; these are followed by intricate, full-page monochrome scenes in which the flora and fauna are artfully incorporated to be picked out by the sharp of eye."
- Kirkus Reviews

"This is a gorgeous illustrated work featuring facts about animal habitats while combining the enthralling aspect of popular search-and-find books like "I Spy." With facts and clear diagrams of animal food chains, the text and graphics complement each other to give a wonderful overview of the surrounding world, as well as the living creatures in it. A perfect addition to elementary school nonfiction collections."
- School Library Journal

"This is a gorgeous illustrated work featuring facts about animal habitats while combining the enthralling aspect of popular search-and-find books like "I Spy." With facts and clear diagrams of animal food chains, the text and graphics complement each other to give a wonderful overview of the surrounding world, as well as the living creatures in it. A perfect addition to elementary school nonfiction collections."
- School Library Journal

From the Publisher

08/01/2019

Gr 2–5—This is a gorgeous illustrated work featuring facts about animal habitats while combining the enthralling aspect of popular search-and-find books like "I Spy." With facts and clear diagrams of animal food chains, the text and graphics complement each other to give a wonderful overview of the surrounding world, as well as the living creatures in it. Each section of the book features a different animal habitat with a description, followed by a detailed food-chain diagram starting with energy from the sun feeding the plant life, all the way to the small animals feeding the predators. The habitats range from coral reefs to the savanna and show a diverse range of wildlife. Three colors are used for each section's artwork, giving it a simple and clean look that fits well with the book's overall tone. Following the food-chain spreads are scenes of the habitats where readers have to find the animals and plants that are now depicted all in one color, providing enough of a challenge to make this a worthy activity book. VERDICT A perfect addition to elementary school nonfiction collections where animals and search-and-find activity books are popular.—Molly Dettmann, Norman North High School, OK

School Library Journal

2019-05-12
The focus is on food chains in this follow-up to the dazzling Animal Camouflage (2017).

Once again Dennis' precise, realistic cut-paper illustrations command attention. Labeled silhouettes of individual plants and animals are color coded to show their predator-prey relationships within seven marine or terrestrial habitats; these are followed by intricate, full-page monochrome scenes in which the flora and fauna are artfully incorporated, to be picked out by the sharp of eye. The accompanying observations and infographics offer a light wash of general observations, questions ("Which creature is the apex predator?"), and repetitive instructions to seek producers and consumers in each large picture. Hutchinson properly develops the notion of "web" along with "chain" from the outset. Unfortunately, he places the selected wildlife into "trophic levels" without clearly defining the term, inconsistently identifies some figures by name but others only by function ("insect-eating bird" for example), and includes "decomposers" only in the "Woodland" food chain. But there's room for delight: For an array of woodland creatures that includes an earthworm, the author asks which can climb trees…and even confirmed young naturalists may be astonished at the (correct) answer at the end: "All of them!"

The art is a bigger draw than the text, but both reward close looks. (Informational picture book. 6-8)

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