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Animal ark celebrating our wild world in poetry and pictures

"A howling wolf, a stalking tiger, a playful panda, a dancing bird--pairing the stunning photography of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore with the delicate poetry of Newbery award-winning author Kwame Alexander, this lush picture book celebrates the beauty, diversity, and fragility...

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Main Authors: Alexander, Kwame (Author), Hess, Mary Rand (Author), Nikaido, Deanna (Author)
Other Authors: Sartore, Joel (Photographer)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2017]
Series: National Geographic kids.
Subjects:
Animals > Juvenile poetry.
Poetry > Juvenile.
Summary: "A howling wolf, a stalking tiger, a playful panda, a dancing bird--pairing the stunning photography of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore with the delicate poetry of Newbery award-winning author Kwame Alexander, this lush picture book celebrates the beauty, diversity, and fragility of the animal world. Featuring more than 40 unique animal portraits, the pages invite kids to explore each creature's markings, textures, and attributes in stunning detail, while calling on all of us to help protect each and every one. Three picture-packed gatefolds inside showcase even more familiar and exotic species. These images are part of Sartore's lifelong project to photograph every animal in the world, with special attention given to disappearing and endangered species"--
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged, some folded) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN: 9781426327674
1426327676
9781426327681
1426327684
Author Notes: Kwame Alexander is a poet, children's book author, playwright, producer, speaker, and performer. His books include And Then You Know: New and Selected Poems, Crush: Love Poems, Family Pictures: Poems and Photographs Celebrating Our Loved Ones, and Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band. He won the 2015 John Newbery Medal for his bestselling novel The Crossover. Since 2006, his Book-in-a-Day writing and publishing program has created more than 2500 student authors in 50 schools across the U.S., and in Canada and the Caribbean.

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