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Atlas of Animal Adventures: Natural Wonders, Exciting Experiences and Fun Festivities from the Four Corners of the Globe [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2012] Rachel Williams, Emily Hawkins, Lucy Letherland
From the team behind the best-selling Atlas of Adventures. Head off on a journey of discovery, with this book that collects together nature’s most unmissable events from between the two poles, including epic migrations, extraordinary behaviours, and Herculean habits. Find hundreds of things to spot and learn new facts about every animal.
96 pages, Hardcover
Published September 1, 2016
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Rachel Williams
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August 30, 2016
My grandson just loves this book because it has colorful pictures and new facts about animals he is learning. The layout of the book is amazing and it is well written. A great addition to your library and the children can look at it anytime. The cover of the book is very inviting with animal pictures. I would recommend this book.
I was given this book from Quarto Knows for an honest review.
I was given this book from Quarto Knows for an honest review.
October 16, 2016
The colorful illustrations by Lucy Lletherland are outstanding!
Beginning with a world map, this amazing book covers many animals from all over the world along with maps, trivia and other information. The last two pages of the adventures lists 58 animals for the individual(s) to look up and review again. There is a large index at the end of the book.
This would be ideal for Summer Reading Programs or classroom settings because of the size of the book.
There is a lot of useful information for YA and adults as well as children.
*This book was gifted to me and I am in no way required to post a positive review.
Beginning with a world map, this amazing book covers many animals from all over the world along with maps, trivia and other information. The last two pages of the adventures lists 58 animals for the individual(s) to look up and review again. There is a large index at the end of the book.
This would be ideal for Summer Reading Programs or classroom settings because of the size of the book.
There is a lot of useful information for YA and adults as well as children.
*This book was gifted to me and I am in no way required to post a positive review.
March 27, 2017
Colorful and informative, this book is full of interesting tidbits
May 5, 2019
3.5. It’s interesting, fun. But I’m surprised it doesn’t have spreads for ALL the animal adventures pictured on the country maps. We were looking forward to Painted Lady butterflies, etc, but there were no pages on those, though they’re on the country map of adventures.
October 15, 2016
This is a delightful collection of information and anecdotes detailing how animals survive in the wild. The authors have done an excellent job selecting animals that will be of high interest to kids, or that will be once kids learn about them.
For example, while you might expect kids to want to know more about puffins or anacondas or the giant panda, after they read about the extraordinary behaviors of bowerbirds and leaf-cutter ants, they will be amazed and fascinated. (Bowerbirds are known for their artistry - they construct nests, or bowers, out of berries, stones, flowers, trinkets, and any other colorful objects they can find to attract females. In Animal Wise, Virginia Morell reported that if scientists snuck in and rearranged the displays, the birds would quickly restore every single item to its proper place. Scientists concluded bowerbirds are the first animal other than humans to have “an artistic sense.”)
Leaf-cutter ants have equally impressive characteristics. They live in underground colonies that can reach depths of twenty feet and hold up to 8 million ants! And they can strip a whole tree bare of leaves in a single night. And here’s a somewhat terrifying/gross fact: the queen is the size of a small mouse!
There are so many more fascinating tidbits I could share from this book. You’ll just have to get a copy for yourself!
The illustrator, Lucy Letherland, does a terrific job making each double-page spread interesting, fun, and colorful.
Evaluation: This is an outstanding resource that will help kids appreciate the amazing diversity and astonishing behaviors of animals, and will undoubtedly have them curious for more.
For example, while you might expect kids to want to know more about puffins or anacondas or the giant panda, after they read about the extraordinary behaviors of bowerbirds and leaf-cutter ants, they will be amazed and fascinated. (Bowerbirds are known for their artistry - they construct nests, or bowers, out of berries, stones, flowers, trinkets, and any other colorful objects they can find to attract females. In Animal Wise, Virginia Morell reported that if scientists snuck in and rearranged the displays, the birds would quickly restore every single item to its proper place. Scientists concluded bowerbirds are the first animal other than humans to have “an artistic sense.”)
Leaf-cutter ants have equally impressive characteristics. They live in underground colonies that can reach depths of twenty feet and hold up to 8 million ants! And they can strip a whole tree bare of leaves in a single night. And here’s a somewhat terrifying/gross fact: the queen is the size of a small mouse!
There are so many more fascinating tidbits I could share from this book. You’ll just have to get a copy for yourself!
The illustrator, Lucy Letherland, does a terrific job making each double-page spread interesting, fun, and colorful.
Evaluation: This is an outstanding resource that will help kids appreciate the amazing diversity and astonishing behaviors of animals, and will undoubtedly have them curious for more.
April 9, 2021
Wow! What a delightful BIG book of animal migration. Full of information, beautiful artwork that just so happened to include some funny pictures to keep your student involved in looking and reading.
August 4, 2017
It highlights some very interesting animals from around the world. Enough details to be engaging, but not too many to bore. Very nice illustrations, too!
November 18, 2019
This is a beautiful, fantastic book portraying animals on all the continents. The illustrations and information are superb. I learned a lot reading it.
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July 19, 2021
If you love following animals on their adventures, you would love this book! A perfect coffee table read except it wouldn’t fit your coffee table. It’s huge and equally brilliant!
May 18, 2022
We didn’t make it all the way through this book but we read quite a bit. Great information and a wonderful resource. A good book for reference.
August 14, 2023
A lot of good information., I think it could have benefited from a more realistic art style though.
December 31, 2016
I’m not sure exactly how I feel about myself after reading this children’s book but I do know that I loved this book and highly recommend it. While reading it, I was overwhelmed with all the information that the authors packed inside its pages. I felt smarter by the time I finished reading it and I know that there is no way I will be able to remember everything that I have read but I also felt a bit dumb because I thought to myself, wow…. here I am a grown adult and I didn’t know half the information that I read. The information was educational, stimulating and compelling. I can’t tell you how many aahh moments I had while reading this book but I can tell you that I did become annoying to my husband as I kept interrupting him with tidbits of information as he tried to read his books. I am excited about this book, really excited to share this book with others because the material and facts that they presented was fascinating and interesting. I learned that:
• Puffins lay their eggs on sheer cliffs. To prevent their eggs from rolling off, their eggs are a cone-like shape.
• “If two queen bees hatch at the same time, they might fight to the death.”
• Orangutans are the only creature who have ever responded to being tickled.
• The male bird of paradise will sometimes make a display to attract a female that can last for hours.
• A platypus has venomous spurs on their hind legs, to defend themselves.
• Red kangaroos (Australia) lick their wrists to cool their blood vessels.
• The Bowerbirds fascinated me with their bowers of twigs. These birds are cousins to the birds of paradise. The male birds build a bower to impress the females (this is not a nest). They decorate this with anything that they can find in the wild (feathers, buttons, stones, anything colorful). The females then come by each of the bowers, as the males make noise and fluff themselves up to attract a female. The female picks whichever one she wants.
There is such great and interesting information on each species that the book chose to include in this book. Don’t get me started on hummingbirds and ants because I thought I had known a lot about these creatures but after reading this book, I still have plenty to learn!
This oversized book would make a perfect addition to anyone who enjoys learning about critters. I enjoyed the heavy cardstock paper that the book is written on and I loved how the book is laid out. Sectioned off into continents, then broken-down into individual species in that continent, this book is a gem! I loved all the small facts/information that were sprinkled out throughout the illustration as well as the main facts that accompanied each page. The illustrations were colorful and wonderfully done. The only drawback that I could see was that sometimes a few of the smaller texts/facts that were sprinkled throughout the book blended into the background and they were hard to read. Since this was such an excellent book, I’m not docking any stars for this small issue as I was willing and determined to overlook this issue. It’s a book that should not be overlooked! I loved it!
• Puffins lay their eggs on sheer cliffs. To prevent their eggs from rolling off, their eggs are a cone-like shape.
• “If two queen bees hatch at the same time, they might fight to the death.”
• Orangutans are the only creature who have ever responded to being tickled.
• The male bird of paradise will sometimes make a display to attract a female that can last for hours.
• A platypus has venomous spurs on their hind legs, to defend themselves.
• Red kangaroos (Australia) lick their wrists to cool their blood vessels.
• The Bowerbirds fascinated me with their bowers of twigs. These birds are cousins to the birds of paradise. The male birds build a bower to impress the females (this is not a nest). They decorate this with anything that they can find in the wild (feathers, buttons, stones, anything colorful). The females then come by each of the bowers, as the males make noise and fluff themselves up to attract a female. The female picks whichever one she wants.
There is such great and interesting information on each species that the book chose to include in this book. Don’t get me started on hummingbirds and ants because I thought I had known a lot about these creatures but after reading this book, I still have plenty to learn!
This oversized book would make a perfect addition to anyone who enjoys learning about critters. I enjoyed the heavy cardstock paper that the book is written on and I loved how the book is laid out. Sectioned off into continents, then broken-down into individual species in that continent, this book is a gem! I loved all the small facts/information that were sprinkled out throughout the illustration as well as the main facts that accompanied each page. The illustrations were colorful and wonderfully done. The only drawback that I could see was that sometimes a few of the smaller texts/facts that were sprinkled throughout the book blended into the background and they were hard to read. Since this was such an excellent book, I’m not docking any stars for this small issue as I was willing and determined to overlook this issue. It’s a book that should not be overlooked! I loved it!
February 27, 2017
I won this book from a Goodreads giveaway.
A great book that's beautifully illustrated and very educational. An excellent choice for anyone at any age with an interest in animals.
A great book that's beautifully illustrated and very educational. An excellent choice for anyone at any age with an interest in animals.
November 17, 2016
This book is wonderful. The illustrations are stylized and very detailed - with some fun added in, of course. The book covers the entire globe and even has a globe in each spread to help with orientation. Of the two book I purchased, I do feel this one is more of a "children's book," however, do not let that stop you. Highly recommended.
January 16, 2017
This is a very large book with beautiful illustrations. You can travel along seven continents learning about animals in each one. It covers migration paths and lots of behavioral information for scores of animals. A fun filled book for children of all ages. I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
April 13, 2017
4/5 Stars
Atlas of Animal Adventures was another bright, colorfully illustrated book by the team that brought you Atlas of Adventures. It was part atlas, part animal adventures and part search and find. It was organized by continent (Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Australasia & Oceania, North America, Central and South America, and Antarctica). Each introductory/continent page has a summary of the Animal Adventures (a picture of the continent with pictures of the adventures + brief sum up), with several specific Animal Adventures explored more fully in following pages. Each adventure has a summary, plus interesting facts scattered throughout the two page spread.
It was a fun read. Also as a side note there are no repeat adventures (from Atlas of Adventures).
Atlas of Animal Adventures was another bright, colorfully illustrated book by the team that brought you Atlas of Adventures. It was part atlas, part animal adventures and part search and find. It was organized by continent (Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Australasia & Oceania, North America, Central and South America, and Antarctica). Each introductory/continent page has a summary of the Animal Adventures (a picture of the continent with pictures of the adventures + brief sum up), with several specific Animal Adventures explored more fully in following pages. Each adventure has a summary, plus interesting facts scattered throughout the two page spread.
It was a fun read. Also as a side note there are no repeat adventures (from Atlas of Adventures).
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