animals
Sam Caldwell – Endangered Animals Atlas
Endangered Animals Atlas illustrated by Sam Caldwell is a richly informative book for animal lovers everywhere, with an important and timely focus on the endangered animals around the world that need our protection.
On this Amazing Adventure children will discover the reasons why the rich biodiversity of our planet is so at risk, and why so many of its creatures are endangered. Available this October from Words & Pictures.
Jane Spencer – RCVS
Latest collection of illustrations by Jane for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Nicola Slater – The Safari Stomp
Prepare to hop, crawl, lunge and STOMP in this delightful rhyming story illustrated by Nicola Slater that will get children reading and moving along!
Available now from Orchard Books.
Quang & Lien – Meet the Megafauna!
The world’s largest animals come to life in this interactive book featuring 20 megafauna brilliantly illustrated by Quang and Lien.
Published by Workman, this title is an exciting interactive large-format exploration of megafauna, the mostly-extinct class of ginormous animals that thrived during the Pleistocene era after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Meet a giant armored armadillo, a giant sloth, and the three megafauna still found on earth today—African Bush Elephant, Masai Giraffe, and the Blue Whale.
Ekaterina Trukhan – Baby Faces Series
Introducing a stunning series of lift-the-flap board books illustrated by Ekaterina!
One thing’s for sure – babies love mirrors! This cheerful new series from Nosy Crow aims to enhance early mirror play as very young children will enjoy revealing their own face on every page. Featuring sturdy card flaps of friendly animal faces which are easy for even the littlest of hands to grab.
Ekaterina Trukhan – Whose Ears / Whose Feet?
Lots of fun to be had in matching the body part to the right animal in ‘Whose Ears?’, ‘Whose Feet?’, a fun new series illustrated by Ekaterina for Boxer Books.
Victoria Stebleva – Animal Hotel
Chaos & mayhem break out at ‘Animal Hotel’, a fast-paced new middle grade adventure illustrated by Victoria Stebleva.
Tanya Emelyanova – 123 Counting Book
This cute & cheerful book illustrated by Tanya will help toddlers practise counting their counting and number skills.
Tanya’s inspiration for the artwork came from a childhood spent at her Grandma’s village house where there were lots of animals, including pigs, chicken, geese, cats, dogs, horses, cows, rabbits, turkeys, sheep and bees.
Freya Hartas – Board Game
Build first literacy and sequencing skills with this seasonal matching and memory board game illustrated by Freya Hartas.
Players take it in turns to flip over tiles showing seasonal things, from rabbits in spring to ice creams in summer, squirrels in autumn to hot chocolate in winter. If they match the pictures on their nature hunt list, they add it to their card. The winner is the first player to fill their card with all the items on the list and complete the nature hunt!
‘Let’s Go on a Nature Hunt’ is published by Magic Cat.
Sam Caldwell – Weird, Wild, Amazing! Desert
Are zombie ants real?
How high can an armadillo jump?
What’s it like to wrestle a python?
Packed with vibrant illustrations by Sam Caldwell, ‘Weird, Wild, Amazing! Desert’ teaches readers to cherish and delight in our planet’s ecosystems. Internationally renowned author and scientist Tim Flannery explores Earth’s deserts and grasslands and the extraordinary animals that live in them.
Available now from Norton Young Readers.
