The World Encyclopedia of Animals

by Tom Jackson

The first section of the book focuses on the diversity in the animal kingdom, looking at the habitats in which animals live and how they survive. The rest of the book is divided into three sections, each focusing on a different part of the world. Ages 6+.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Animals, Nature

Hardcover

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

"I'm a non-fiction author and project editor (plus I do a bit of journalism). I'm available for project development, writing, project management and I also work as a packager. Click on the links above to see examples of my work.

But first some background: Over the last 20 years, I've written books, magazine and newspaper articles, for online and for television. I get to write about a wide range of subjects, everything from axolotls to zoroastrianism. However, my specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. I've worked on projects with Brian May, Patrick Moore, Marcus de Sautoy and Carol Vorderman and for major international publishers, such as Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Scholastic, Hachette, Facts on File and BBC Magazines.

I spend my days finding fun ways of communicating all kinds of facts, new and old, to every age group and reading ability. I live in Bristol, England, with my wife and three children. I studied zoology at Bristol University and have had spells working at the zoos in Jersey and Surrey. I used to be something of a conservationist, which included planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing buffaloes from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing jobs have also taken me to the Galápagos Islands, the Amazon rainforest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Nowadays, I can be found mainly in the attic."
~http://tomjackson.weebly.com/

Reviews

[Froggymandias · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book cover to cover countless times as a child. It has a special place in my heart.

[Kaelin Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was great to read. Learning about animals is a great way for kids to be more compassionate to animals and it raises awareness of endangered species.

[R.A. Danger · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is divided into three parts. The first part can easy be read in text books at school it’s basically the same information (this and the glossary has real animal pictures in it). The second part is divided into continents: The Americas, Europe and Africa, Asia and Australia and New Zealand. The third part is the glossary and index.
A page has two color animal drawings, a maps with information underneath, the main content for each animal, and it may or may not have a peach box with some animal names. The writing it self is a little small, I would say 8 for the main content and probably 6 for the information in the peach box.
Even though the book has some interesting facts, telling you if they are common, rare, e.t.c., if they had been grab in the pet market and reduce in numbers. There is some problems besides small print. The spotted hyena is actually a aardwolf picture instead, hard not to notice when it’s twin is below it. After looking up about half the book a few animals may or not have that color, and one turtle that sparkled, but didn‘t in real life (must have been drawn under some lights or someone polish it‘s shell first), some I couldn’t find a picture to confirm them. I also notice on animals that were repeated had about almost word for word of information (I would of like an other animal put there, one of the peach box animals would do; some of the peach box animals I couldn’t find a picture online, but most these could have been put as a replacement). Other then the Europe Hedgehog the rest had ok to interesting information.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another beautifully hand illustrated animal reference book that is such a rarity these days. The emphasis is on the Americas, with about two-thirds of this thick compendium of three separate books devoted to fauna of the New World. Description of physical characteristics along with basic ecological information like diet, habitat and reproduction are given in a concise manner. There is also a short section on animal physiology and ecology that contains photographs, which is useful but rather brief given the focus on listing species.

The title should be modified to say 'Land animals' since it excludes invertebrates, fish and birds!

[Darkened Warrior {Stare into your Nightmare} · Rating 5 out of 5]

BEST INFORMATION ABOUT ANIMALS EVER!!!!!!!