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Amazing Animal Babies
A beautiful, fact-filled picture book by naturalist and TV presenter Chris Packham, stunningly illustrated by Harry Potter cover artist Jason Cockcroft. Every day, billions of animals are just starting out their lives. Travel around the globe and meet some incredible baby animals as they begin their journey through life in this beautiful, fact-filled non-fiction picture book by wildlife expert, Chris Packham. From Darwin's froglets and baby earthworms to tiger cubs and meerkat pups, you can discover each of their stories and uncover extra information about these incredible baby animals in the Find Out More section at the back of the book. An excellent source of expert wildlife information for all young nature lovers, this animal book is the perfect introduction to the natural world for children and anyone who loved Just Ducks or The Invisible World of Microbes. Chris Packham presented the BBC's children's series The Really Wild Show before setting up his own TV company and making wildlife shows for ITV, National Geographic, Animal Planet and the BBC. Jason Cockroft is an award-winning illustrator best known for his internationally acclaimed children's picture book illustrations and his cover artwork for the final three Harry Potter books.
32 pages, Paperback
Published February 9, 2017
About the author
Jason Cockcroft
62 books12 followersJason Cockcroft is the illustrator of many acclaimed picture books, including Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale by Martin Waddell, Billywise by Judith Nicholls, and Jason and the Golden Fleece by James Riordan. He lives in Whitby, England, with his wife, Lisa, and their two cats. COUNTER CLOCKWISE is his first novel.
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December 19, 2017
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March 11, 2017
Darwin'in keşfettiği kurbağalar en ilginçleriydi. Erkeklerin dişilerin yumurtladığı yumurtaları korumak için ağzının içine atması cidden çok iyi. Yani orman kanunlarında güçsüz olanın kazanması diye bir gerçek var. Herkes çocuğunu korumaya çalışır. Gerçekten müthiş bir şey. Darwin'in ilk defa kurbağaları keşfettiğini öğrendim.
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June 5, 2017
Many children love animals, but they love baby animals even more. Would you rather watch a dog or watch a puppy? A cat or a kitten? A meerkat or a smaller meerkat? The answer is a no brainer to most children who enjoy the wide-eyed stumbling of youth that is not dissimilar to their own. However, someone needs to give them the facts about baby animals and who better than wildlife presenter Chris Packham?
Animals are everywhere and so are their babies. Join a group of explorers as they travel the globe and stand, David Attenborough style, a few metres away from some creatures and observe them. From mammals, birds, fish and lizards – there is a whole world of fluffy/slimy, cute/ugly juvenile animals to see.
The child encyclopaedia in recent years has gone down the route of crazy colour images and only a few facts, therefore, it is nice for the pace to slow down in a book like Packham’s ‘‘Amazing Baby Animals’’. There is an old fashioned feel to proceedings that has the same dry and educational approach as the Puffin books. Packham takes us on a seemingly rather random journey spying on animals and their children. A double spread may have two of three different creatures and tell us some facts about them – did you know that some lizard babies hide in trees to prevent their parents from eating them?
Jason Cockcroft is tasked with giving a little light to Packham’s wildlife programme style and he does a decent job. The illustrations are approachable for a child, whilst still looking realistic. Perhaps in a way they are a little dull, but this is an accusation you could make of the whole book. Ask yourself why a child would pick up a book about baby animals; to be entertained or informed? I imagine that children would like both, but here the emphasis is on education.
That is not to say the book is without merit, as an approachable academic text for small children it works. The layout is also very nice, large print and colourful images means that it catches the eye. You do not always get a sense of the author in a non-fiction, but here you feel as if Packham wants to appeal to the true animal enthusiast and not the child looking for the dayglow antics of a ‘‘Guinness Book of Records’’. If you have a child that has a real fascination with animals and may want to be a zoologists then this book would appeal a lot. Other child may find it a little too worthy. Original review on thebookbag.co.uk
Animals are everywhere and so are their babies. Join a group of explorers as they travel the globe and stand, David Attenborough style, a few metres away from some creatures and observe them. From mammals, birds, fish and lizards – there is a whole world of fluffy/slimy, cute/ugly juvenile animals to see.
The child encyclopaedia in recent years has gone down the route of crazy colour images and only a few facts, therefore, it is nice for the pace to slow down in a book like Packham’s ‘‘Amazing Baby Animals’’. There is an old fashioned feel to proceedings that has the same dry and educational approach as the Puffin books. Packham takes us on a seemingly rather random journey spying on animals and their children. A double spread may have two of three different creatures and tell us some facts about them – did you know that some lizard babies hide in trees to prevent their parents from eating them?
Jason Cockcroft is tasked with giving a little light to Packham’s wildlife programme style and he does a decent job. The illustrations are approachable for a child, whilst still looking realistic. Perhaps in a way they are a little dull, but this is an accusation you could make of the whole book. Ask yourself why a child would pick up a book about baby animals; to be entertained or informed? I imagine that children would like both, but here the emphasis is on education.
That is not to say the book is without merit, as an approachable academic text for small children it works. The layout is also very nice, large print and colourful images means that it catches the eye. You do not always get a sense of the author in a non-fiction, but here you feel as if Packham wants to appeal to the true animal enthusiast and not the child looking for the dayglow antics of a ‘‘Guinness Book of Records’’. If you have a child that has a real fascination with animals and may want to be a zoologists then this book would appeal a lot. Other child may find it a little too worthy. Original review on thebookbag.co.uk
June 27, 2021
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