Sensational Butterflies

by Ben Rothery

Overview

From the lovely Monarch to the striking Blue Morpho, discover what makes butterflies and moths truly sensational.

This stunningly illustrated, companion volume to Hidden Planet, dives deeply into the lives of butterflies and moths from around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780884488767
Publisher:	Tilbury House Publishers
Publication date:	03/02/2021
Series:	Rothery's Animal Planet Series
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	10.70(w) x 14.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Ben Rothery is a detail-obsessed illustrator from Norwich, England, via Cape Town. He combines multiple processes to create intricate and delicate illustrations and repeating patterns, full of fine detail and vibrant color. Much of Ben’s work is inspired or informed by his love of nature—he grew up wanting variously to be a shark, a dinosaur or David Attenborough crossed with Indiana Jones, but settled on illustration as a way to bring those fantasies to life on paper. Ben works from a small studio in London, which he shares with an unnecessarily large collection of very sharp pencils.

Interviews

“These are my love letters to Planet Earth, celebrations of her amazing creatures—those that are breathtakingly beautiful and those that are homely, bizarre, or rarely seen at all. I’m not content to produce a technically accurate picture of an animal; I hope to animate my illustrations, to suggest what’s happening beneath the fur and feathers.” —Ben Rothery

Editorial Reviews

"If there’s an animal enthusiast on your holiday list, have a look at Ben Rothery’s books about the natural world. These are beautiful works of nonfiction, large in size—always nice in a gift—and rich with illustrations that are so finely executed that you may mistake them for photographs. In “Hidden Planet,” “Ocean Planet” and “Sensational Butterflies,” Mr. Rothery writes as engagingly as he draws. “Whowould think, to look at them, that the elephant’s closest relatives are the manatee, the dugong, and the rock hyrax?” he asks. “Or that seals, sea lions and walruses are not related to whales, dolphins or manatees, but rather to bears and weasels?” Children ages 7-13 (and their parents) won’t merely enjoy themselves with these books; they’ll also learn something."— Meghan Cox Gurdon Wall Street Journal

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