The Great Animal Search

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by Caroline Young, Ian Jackson (Illustrator)

-- Brain-teasing picture puzzles with lots of items to spot.-- Beautiful realistic illustrations

Genres: Science, Animals, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1990

About the author

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Caroline Young read English at Cambridge University and taught English in Greece and the UK before joining Usborne as a writer and editor. She has written books about a huge variety of subjects, for all ages, and believes it's one of the best jobs in the world. Caroline lives and works on Anglesey in North Wales.

Reviews

[Dat-Dangk Vemucci]

Amazing detailed illustrations by Ian Jackson

[Firsh]

Brought back memories (of World Tour and History Search). I like those better, but this one was nicely drawn as well. My gripe with this is that the scenes looked way too unnaturally packed, while the other two books managed to keep things somewhat believable, and with a rather constant difficulty. Here, some were outright drawn in a way just to mess with the reader, others were braindead easy. I had to check the solutions regularly not to help me find stuff but to verify if x animal I found was the one that I was supposed to, like at the farm, the turkey/geese/chicken looked the same and so did the penguins... But hey at least I learned Ryan Gosling is baby geese. Anyway, it took me like 2 years to finish this, not because I couldn't do it, but merely cause I didn't feel particularly motivated. Some locations' animals were super cute, though. I got it used from a local online marketplace.

[Bryan]

"I love all the facts."

[Tarzan]

Tricky to tag with an appropriate age. But, the absolute best seek-and-find book I've ever come across. A personal favorite from childhood.

[Natasha]

In general, my son quite enjoys any picture find book, but he really poured over this one for daaays. Even I think the illustrations are well done, and it's more challenging than your average search book because the animals don't necessarily look like the example (they migh be far off, at a different angle or only part on the page). Provides a good opportunity to discuss animal habitats.

[Laura]

My kiddo loves the search & find books, and this one is especially good because the pictures of the animals he needs to find are not exactly like they are in the picture. This causes him to have to use his brain more, which I like. :-)

[Cws]

I-SPY-You

[Shelly H]

Pages are a little busy. Some words are a little over the kids head.

[Vanskika]

its a nice book i have not seen

[Stacey B]

this is Simon's favorite book right now. he takes it everywhere : )

[Rivkah]

call me a nerd but I still love doing this book with my sisters and family while we wait for holiday dinners.

[Brandielle]

This wonderful book keeps every age interested and occupied:from my not quite 2 year old to grandparents. We love it.

[Tammie]

Love
Ecosystems
City
Island
Woods
Water
Bees
Gradesk-6

[Pam]

Each page features a different habitat

[Megan Chrisler]

Usborne search books are so good--WAY better than I Spy. Dragon Quest is still the best, but this is a great search book for kids!

[Theresa]

The Great Animal Search
Young, Caroline
great time filler for young children. beautiful pictures