A Walk Through the Rainforest
$31.56
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2022
Summary
A spectacular tour of a rainforest, with a convincing, affecting case to make about conservation – underscored by extraordinary illustrations.
*Tropical rainforests are amazing places. More kinds of animals and plants live in them than live anywhere else in the world. This one is in Malaysia, in South East Asia. Let’s go and take a look… *So begins this magnificent new book from conservation-biologist Martin Jenkins and fine artist Vicky White, the award-winning team …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781406331554 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1406331554 |
| Author: | Martin Jenkins, Vicky White |
| Publisher: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Walker Studio |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Series: | Walker Studio |
| Audience Age: | 6-9 |
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Critics Review
Stunningly Illustrated throughout, this is a reminder of the breath of life in the jungle and why we need to protect it. – Charlotte Eyre * The Bookseller *
Martin Jenkins is at his narrative non-fiction best, and Vicky White’s accompanying photo-real pencil illustrations have to be seen to be believed. * CLPE, “October New Books Roundup” *
Martin Jenkins
Martin Jenkins is a conservation biologist and consultant for the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, a UN organization concerned with conservation and the environment. He has won several awards for his writing including the TES Information Book of the Year Junior Award for The Emperor’s Egg, and he is the reteller of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver, illustrated by Chris Riddell, which won the Kate Greenaway Medal. He lives in Cambridge.
Vicky White worked as a zookeeper looking after the great apes at Cheshire Zoo – where she couldn’t keep from drawing them! This is her third book for children: she previously collaborated with Martin Jenkins for their books Ape and Can We Save the Tiger? She lives in Saxmundham, Suffolk.
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