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The Animal Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of Life on Earth Hardcover – August 19, 2013

by David Burnie (Author), Smithsonian Institution (Contributor)

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If you’re wild about animals, this visual encyclopedia is the ultimate page-turner, bringing our planet’s creatures together in spectacular style.

This inspiring children’s reference guide welcomes you to the animal kingdom where you can meet more than 1,500 species, ranging from ants to zebras and everything in between. Stunning pictures bring you face to face with giant predators you know and love, including polar bears and tigers, as well as mysterious microscopic life, including amoebas and bacteria.

A variety of animal habitats are shown in beautiful detail, while accessible information, additional fact boxes, and amazing galleries complete the stories. A jaw-dropping spectrum of animal types – from fish and birds to reptiles and mammals – provides a learning experience like no other.

Whether you’re a budding naturalist or simply want to complete a school project, The Animal Book has got it covered.

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"The Animal Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of Life on Earth is an 'amoebas to zebras' reference destined to pique the interest of young readers and provide years of homework help for ages 8 to 12.... a comprehensive, at-a-glance guide illustrated with brilliant color photography, accompanied by facts that prove to be easily digestible." – BookPage

About the Author

David Burnie is a fellow of the Zoological Society of London and has written and contributed to more than 100 books about the natural world. He was consultant editor of DK's highly successful Animal and The Natural History Book. David is also a former winner of the Aventis Prize for Science Books.

Trusted by parents, teachers, librarians, and kids across the world, DK is an award-winning publisher of visual reference books for children, including the DK Eyewitness Books, DK findout!, and Maker Lab series. DK books combine clear photography and illustration with expert text to show you what others only tell you.

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Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: DK Children (August 19, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1465414576
ISBN-13: 978-1465414571
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 1 x 11.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Customer Reviews: 539 customer ratings
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8 in Children's Zoology Books (Books)
- #4 in Veterinary Encyclopedias
- #10 in Children's Encyclopedias (Books)

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Open the Door to a World of Animals...

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2018

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INCREDIBLE...
The VIDEO and PICS speak for themselves... Enjoy :D

My son has collected almost EVERY nature book that exists and this is one of THE BEST!

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Heavy spender

Good quality, but I don't care for the layout

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2019

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The book is great quality. It has many color photos. My problem is this... I bought it so my son could learn about individual animals and write reports on them. The way the book is designed is it describes groups of animals on every page so you dont really get a full page about one single animal to write about.

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Justine A. Lee

Best animal book ever

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2019

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As a veterinarian, I LOVE this book. My toddler loves this book and can point out all the animals easily. The binding on this book, however, is really weak and it broke and tore with one dropping on the floor. That said, LOVE this book - all color pages and about 1" thick hardcover.

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Pixella

Great for a 2-year-old!

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2019

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I got this book for my 2-year-old who loves reading and loves animals. I wanted an animal encyclopedia that was mostly pictures rather than words, and this one is perfect. Even though it is mostly pictures, it is still a book that the child can grow with and continue to learn from. Because each page shows different types of the same animal (e.g., different types of whales), it introduces complexity to the types of animals my child already knows about. Now he can look and see many different kinds of his favorite animal!

The photos of the animals are high-quality (I have high standard for this), and the pages of the book are thick enough that I'm not worried about my child ripping them while reading. I would definitely recommend this book, and I will be looking into more books from this series!

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sdctexas

It has beautiful pictures and great facts

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2018

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My 6 year old received this for his birthday and he is obsessed! It has beautiful pictures and great facts. He will sit for hours looking at this book. It has been great reading for quiet summer afternoons when it is too hot to go outside; my three year old even enjoys looking at the pictures! If you have an animal loving kid, this is a great purchase!

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Kate Andalusia

Some pages double printed. Amazing book though!

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2017

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This is the perfect gift for my nephew. I had it shipped to his house and we had a great time looking through it but a few of the pages have been double printed and appear very blurred. I had it shipped to Chicago because I live in Massachusetts and so I don't wish to go through the hassle of returning it but it was a bit of a disappointment after I had thought I had gotten my nephew the greatest book with bugs in it and everything. It really was a lot of fun looking through this with him.

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Charles Miller

Awesome book, binding leaves something to be desired!

Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2020

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First off the content in this book is excellent. Our son LOVES it, this is our second purchase of the exact same book. However our first copy lasted him 3 years until pages began falling out and the cover fell off. This time we've had the book less than a month and it has already lost pages and the front cover. He is older and much more careful with this book but it does get regular daily use. The binding leaves something to be desired.

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ElizabethTop Contributor: Baby

Great pictures!

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2018

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I bought this book to keep the nanny from using her phone to show little one animals. This book is great! A lot of real pictures of animals. Not much in the way of facts, but my little one is 2 so the names of the animals is sufficient for us. Nanny liked it so much she bought her own copy!

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Absolutely stunning for all ages (even parents!)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2016

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This is one of the best books we've found for our child. Everything about this book is absolutely stunning. The quality is excellent, the pictures are fantastic, there are literally thousands of animals in there (from bugs, to bacteria, to birds), all shown to scale with just enough accompanying information to make your child keep turning the pages, and learning.
In fact, as parents we find reading this with our child a wonderful experience; learning lots ourselves! If this book doesn't make you appreciate what a fantastic planet we live on, then nothing will. An absolute gem that will last for years and years.

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MISS K.

Love this so much I actually returned encyclopaedias I had ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 4, 2015

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Love this so much I actually returned encyclopaedias I had bought in favour of this as they seemed dull in comparison. So far, I have bought a further three copies as gifts and have recommended to several friends who also have children that are obsessive about animals and zoo visits. Great to use as the basis for a describing game - i.e. "what animal am I thinking of?", child then can ask questions or you can give clues (we really have got value for money out of this book!). Beautiful illustrations and helpful scale illustrations for children to gain perception of size of animals. Love this book!

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Katerina

Beautiful book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2020

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Beautiful animal book, loads of pictures. My son (soon 3 yrs) is too little to appreciate this fully, but he loves the pictures and I hope I'll learn enough to be able to keep track with him before he goes to school:-)

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Cbuys

Great reference book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2018

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I cannot reccomend this book enough to any animal lover. The photos are so clear and it has such a fantastic range of animals. Of course it cannot have everything but it has a really good range. My 3 year old still looks at this all the time 6 months on.

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Love it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2018

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Great illustrations. I originally bought it to help me back into drawing. Not done that yet as the book is full of interesting stuff.

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John de Lancie

Wonderful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2020

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A wonderful book with a huge range of lovely pictures. My kids have spent hours looking through this, so much so that it is starting to fall apart!

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Jen

Perfect for animal lovers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2019

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Love the book and my 6 year old has learnt so much from it and still reads it. She loves animals and this was a perfect gift!

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Big Al

Really wild show

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2020

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My 4 year old loves going through this book and is picking up facts and recognising all sorts of different animals

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Jaipaw

Brilliant pictires

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2019

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Just excellent the pictures are great and so much information. My one and three year old love it but would be great for older children too.

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great quality

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2018

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bought this and 2 others, highly recommend them, my son loves them

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Good book for little one

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2019

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Son loves it. This is the 2nd one we are purchasing as the first one is heavily damaged.

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Travel Queen

Excellent gift for 7 yr old

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2017

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Excellent gift for 7 yr old. Pictures and detail are amazing. It will be useful with homework and general interest for years to come.

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Great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2019

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Lovely interesting book

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Susan Corkhill

what I expected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2019

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what I expected

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Alison OConnor

Lovely animal book for all ages!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2016

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Great book! My sons friend has this book and he took a liking to it. lovely pictures and interesting facts - information is not too complex for younger children to understand. Would recommend for a range of age groups.

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