WILD & WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY: Wilderness: Earth's Amazing Habitats by Mia Cassany & Marcos Navarro

WILDERNESS

Earth's Amazing Habitats

by Mia Cassny & Marcos Navarro

Prestel, 2018

ISBN: 978-3-7913-7372-0

Source: Media Masters Publicity

Ages 9-12

Middle grade nonfiction

All opinions expressed are solely my own.

ABOUT THE BOOK

This captivating book brings the natural world into sharp focus. Beautifully colored and intricately detailed illustrations depict places as exotic and wide-ranging as Senegal's Niokolo-Koba National Park, Russia's Sikhote-Alin mountain range, the Sinharaja Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka, Daintree National Park in Australia, the Mexican desert, and China's bamboo forests. The animals that live in these remote places, cleverly hidden in the trees, plants, and flowers, create a marvelous challenge for young readers to find and identify. Each spread contains more than twenty different species including birds, snakes, frogs, iguanas, leopards, tigers, gorillas, pandas, and wolves. The back of the book is filled with additional information about the animals and their habitats. Young readers will find much to discover, explore, and learn in this absorbing celebration of our planet and the amazing creatures we share it with.

REVIEW

Wilderness not only highlights some of the worlds protected wilderness in brief text and gorgeous illustrations, but it's also a fun search-and-find and counting book as well.  The various parks and World Heritage sites mentioned cover a wide variety of different types of habitat and wildlife.  Each large two page spread gives the reader a chance to look at some of the flora and fauna of that particular wilderness area.  Normally for a book like this I would prefer photographs, but these illustrations are so beautiful that they suit the book to perfection.  The illustrations also include a variety of animals in varying numbers so that readers who desire to may search and count as well as read.  The large size of the book makes the book great for lap reading and discussing as well.  I felt the book was a powerful reminder of the importance and value of the world's few remaining wilderness areas.