I want kids to connect with Australia’s extraordinary array of wildlife.
From Abalone to Zebra Finch, and the hundreds of creatures in between, this delightfully crafted book explores Australia’s amazingly varied fauna shown in its natural habitat. Over 400 land, sea and air-born creatures are organised alphabetically using a mixture of common, scientific and aboriginal names.
Each A-Z picture plate also explores Australia’s varied landscapes, both natural and introduced. Every page is a journey of discovery for the reader. Will you be able to find the only human in the whole book? To help locate and identify all the bush creatures depicted, a visual appendix helps young readers to index and cross reference. This book will be a delight for years to come.
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“Myke this is an all time favourite book at our house!! Many hours have been spent looking through the beautiful pages as we learnt and loved our Australian bush creatures.”
– Joanne S. – Mother of four beautiful children.
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This has been Myke’s best selling book to date. It has also heralded a range of “bush creatures” brand of books. It’s impact and education potential are only just emerging.
Following are example pages of the book with some commentary from Myke.
The cover is always one of the hardest fought pages of the book. It is always highly contested by the publisher and author and trade advisers. This round went to my wife, who suggested that kids love stacks of animals. She argued that they are drawn in by the detail.
When I was drawing this book, many suggestions were being tossed about on what the ‘end papers’ should contain. I had a last minute stroke of genius – a map! I wanted a way of orientating the readers to where things are. An opportunity for adults and teachers to teach the kids that Australia isn’t just one island. It’s has territories, islands and is part of the Antarctica treaty.
If you wish to purchase this title please source through your local bookstore, online bookstores or direct through the publisher altopublishing.com