The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Animals: A Visual Who's Who of the World's Creatures

by Philip Whitfield

Written by expert zoologists and illustrated with more than two thousand color paintings by nature artists, this complete guide to Earth's animal life includes information like breeding patterns, common and scientific names, and conservation statutes. 50,000 first printing. Lit Guild Feat Alt.

Genres: Science, Animals, Nature, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published November 2, 1998

Reviews

[María López Moreno · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este era uno de mis libros favoritos cuando era pequeña. Una enciclopedia ilustrada del mundo animal, posiblemente el libro que más ojease durante mi niñez. Creo que es un libro recomendable para todas las edades dado que recoje cientos de especies y da información detallada de cada una de ellas.

[Nickey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would love to give this book more stars because it was very well put together, the illustrations are very lovely, and my children thoroughly enjoyed it. However, there were many, many references to the evolutionary process and the assumption of millions of years. For this reason we will not be adding this book to our library. If any publishers out there who hold to the biblical account of a six day creation are reading this, please consider making something like this for our children!

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations. Concise tidbits of information. A gateway to understanding the world's diversity of animals.