Striking collage-style art made from maps and marbled papers illustrates a wide variety of animals in this sturdy board book for toddlers. Author/illustrator Isobel Lundie uses rich textures to illustrate a worldwide variety of animals. Meet a gorilla eating bamboo, a chameleon eating bugs, a splashing narwhal, a hopping tree frog, and more. Lundie's descriptive language uses repetition that will encourage young ones to chime in on the reading. Perfect for toddler and preschool rooms at childcare facilities or to read at home, the books in The Amicus Book of… series are beautiful books to share with little ones just beginning to recognize early basic concepts of letters, counting, colors, and animals.