Animalium by Katie Scott & Jenny Broom
If you know what a Sirenia or a Pinnipedia are, you may think you don’t need this book, but oh yes you do!
Looking like some forgotten volume that has surfaced from a nineteenth-century explorer’s library, Animalium features stunning illustrations in superb hues printed on deliciously thick paper. It is a beautiful keepsake. Tempted yet? No? Then maybe the fascinating animal facts contained within this biblio-museum will win you over. Take the awesome Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), which if you go underground in North America you may encounter. It’s a venomous lizard, so don’t get too close – meet one in this book instead.
To put this large and handsome book into the hands of children is to offer a world that is majestic and amazing. Come on, be dazzled! For adventurers and nature-lovers of all ages. AD