Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures
by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
Publication Date: Feb 14, 2017
List Price: $15.99
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
Classification: Poetry
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9781426327674
Imprint: National Geographic Children’s Books
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Parent Company: National Geographic Society
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.