Amazing Animals: Rainforest Romp - Hardcover

Mitton, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230743714 ISBN 13: 9780230743717

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books, 2009

Synopsis

Creature-crazy young children will love joining Bird, Mouse and Rabbit as they trek through the South American rainforest to meet some truly amazing animals! From a giant armadillo showing off his scales to a terrifically toxic tree frog, there's a different animal on every spread, plus many additional creatures to spot along the way! This delightful picture book series is the perfect introduction to some really wild animals. Each of the Amazing Animals books features simple, easy-to-read text and bright, fun illustrations of a variety of creatures in their natural habitat.

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About the Author

Tony Mitton is a popular children's poet, whose THE RED AND WHITE SPOTTED HANDKERCHIEF (Scholastic) was the winner of the 2000 Smarties Prize He has written a number of picture books including BUMPUS JUMPUS DINOSAURUMPUS and DOWN BY THE COOL OF THE POOL (both Orchard). His other titles include collections of poetry for older children. He lives in Cambridge. Ant Parker is known for his distinctive, vibrant work in books such as CHARLIE CHICK (978-1-4050-3460-9). His artwork has been animated for BBC Children's TV and he illustrated the bestselling AMAZING MACHINES picture book series. His other titles include the pop-up counting book 10 LITTLE MONSTERS (978-07534-1259-6), and an I AM READING title: JJ RABBIT AND THE MONSTER (978-07534-1044-8). Ant lives in London.

From Booklist

This title in the new Amazing Animals series introduces very young children to the animals of a specific ecosystem with short rhyming stanzas and colorful cartoon illustrations. Rabbit, Mouse, and Bird take a tour of the rain forest, parting the tall grass and peering through binoculars at the various exotic critters they find there: armadillos, jaguars, anacondas, tree frogs, toucans, sloths, and howler monkeys. The rhythms of the text are a little shaky at times, but the rhymes can be quite clever and awfully amusing: “The giant armadillo has skin / like armored scales. / Whatever wants to munch it / just hurts its teeth and fails.” Parker’s simple but cheerful ink-and-watercolor scenes are composed with the animal being described as a focal point, but other denizens of the forest are scattered about the periphery, making this ripe for point-and-find workouts. This short and friendly offering is a terrific choice for gearing up for a zoo trip, or just for children to meet a few unusual new animals from the comfort of home. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ian Chipman

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0230743714
• ISBN 13: 9780230743717
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 22