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A series for eagle-eyed childen, "Spotters" are filled with photographs of objects that children can spot in the world about them. A double-page spread of sticker stars is provided to keep a record of sightings. This "Spotter" contains facts and snippets of information about animals found in a zoo. ... Read more

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Designed to encourage first learning, this book on zoo animals is aimed at children who are just beginning to talk. The photographs are intended to encourage children to look for detail in the pictures. Words are introduced in context through objects and situations. The board this book is made from is durable, chewable, wipe-cleanable, non-toxic and CE tested. ... Read more

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Pauline Kidner shares her Somerset farm with half a dozen young badgers, fox cubs, deer, tortoises and terrapins, bats, squirrels, dormice, owls, and myriad other creatures she has rescued and nursed back to health. Combining the patience of Job, the crisis managment skills of a Red Adair and a sense of fun, Pauline Kidner writes of her adventures with badgers and other animals, and of her struggles to establish Secret World, her Somerset farm as a wildlife rescue centre celebrated far and wide. The author won ITV's 1995 "Animal Country" award and is the author of "Life with Bluebell". ... Read more

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A Wonderful Surprise
Before I began to read the book All the Way Home by Bookey Peek, a Zimbabwe native, I expected it to be about a family that has taken on the task of caring for the land and animals around them in a time of desperation in modern day Zimbabwe.I was both surprised and pleased when I found it to be so much more.The time frame of the book is modern day Zimbabwe with all of its problems, but that is not what the author lingers on.Instead the author focuses in on what is good and beautiful about the place she has chosen to live.
Richard and Bookey Peek were both raised in Zimbabwe and acquired a love for the country early on.Bookey left the bush she was raised in and, in hopes of finding something better, set out on her ten-year search only to find what she was looking for not far from where she left. One of the best quotes in the book from her was, "So I left, eyelashes and all, and traveled the world for the best part of the next ten years, in search of the place that I had finally found today, in the heart of my own country."
Almost every chapter is prefaced with a very appropriate quote.I found this to be intriguing at first, but later found myself looking forward to reading each of them before the chapters began.The chosen quotes prefaced the feeling and ideas of each of the chapters and put one's mind in the correct context for what they were about to read.I also truly felt at a loss when one was not present to help me begin my journey through that part of the book.The book centers around the wildlife sanctuary that they have started and the characters that are there, but it also takes you back to their journey;when they acquired the land, the work, and the sometimes comedic happenings in the Bulawayo area and Matobo Hills to be exact.However the central character of this story is Poombi, the warthog that came to live with them quite by underhanded means.The baby warthog, Poombi, was acquired in an African store.The book then weaves its magic tail of the bush, the animals, the struggles of life and the love of the area all around what seems to be an insignificant creature to begin with, with the reader discovering, and rediscovering, that nothing is insignificant and that the essential nature of the land and its people are still the same.Her descriptions of the area, the stores, the people, the animals and the land are well written and make one believe that you are right there with her.It inspires a love for Africa, for the wildlife, and for its people.Anyone who is in love with the life and animals there will be pulled through this story with a new hope for Zimbabwe and the future of its wildlife.It is her love story for the land and people of Zimbabwe that began with her life in Zimbabwe and continues still today. ... Read more

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This book focuses on the creatures of this, one of the world's reat game reserves, and, by means of colour photographs, shares with the reader the peace and drama of their everyday life. The text of the book recounts the history of the Kruger National Park, describes its wild life management policies, and profiles its different regions and the animals each supports. Also discussed are the Park's accommodation, facilities and its popular participative wilderness trails. ... Read more

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A visual representation of one of Africa's great wildernesses and most-visited national parks. Nigel Dennis's photographs of Kruger and its many inhabitants are prefaced by a textual introduction to the conservation and natural history of the park. Michael Brett describes the diverse habitats of the Southern, Central, Northern and Far Northern regions of the park, and offers insight into the diversity of wildlife characteristic of each of them. ... Read more

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Zoos offer a glimpse of a rich and diverse animal world that few would ever see in its natural setting. Many zoos devote themselves to research, education, and the preservation of endangered species. Even so, some people question the morality of imprisoning animals. (20020201) ... Read more

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Great field guide
A great book that gives a good insight in the geology, mythology, history flora and fauna of the National Park. ... Read more

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Error-prone guide to great game parks
If Joseph James Shomon's dissertation contained even a small fraction of the number of errors that appear in his "Wild Edens" he would never have received his doctoral degree.The mistaken designation of baboons as "chimpanzees" in a photo spread between pages 80 & 81 is typical, rather than exceptional, of the inaccuracies plaguing this book.Rife with misspellings, its tenor suggests that impressions orally conveyed by safari drivers were incorporated without corroboration.Shomon's account of the death of Michael Grzimek that concludes Chapter 6 confuses Michael with his father, Bernhard, misspells the latter's name, and incorrectly relates the site of the fatal plane crash.For the record, Bernhard Grzimek died watching a circus performance on 13 March 1987, more than 28 years after his son's tragic death.I would not accord the book even a two-star rating were it not for Shomon's admirable rationale for writing it, as explained in the Prologue, and his caution in the chapter on South Africa that safari vehicles with roof hatches are not permitted in Kruger National Park, an inexplicable prohibition that precludes South Africa as a destination for reasonably priced safaris.Had "Wild Edens" been carefully reviewed and edited prior to publication, it may have been a much finer work.

A different book on wild life....
Wild Edens. Africa's Premier Game Parks and Their Wildlife, by Joseph James Shomon

It was our pleasant experience to read an extraordinary book!Although lacking in graphics, we do consider this one much richer incontent than the morefamiliar,photo-laden publications covering thissubject.

Wild Edens has a verywell written, interesting and variedtext.The author combinesskill with expert knowledge in different areas,i.e., ecology, geography, history and zoology, giving the reader a completepicture of these most important African National Parks. In Appendix 1, ashort essay about David Livingstone and his pioneering disclosure ofcentral Africa, is well worth reading.

Appendix 2, with its complete listof the parks, gives very useful information to readers planning to bevisitors.

An outstanding description of the killing of a buffalo by apack of hyenas in Aberdares Park is most impressive (Chapter 3). The readerfeels strong sensations while witnessing the "cruelty" of thenatural world and the tense relations between hunters and the hunted, innature's domain.

Because this is a book of major interest and value, wefind it unusual to discover a gross mistake...The legend of the colourphotograph depicting a zebra and two baboons at Jane Goodall's camp nearLake Tanganika (see colour photographs next to pg. 80, with a similar photoon the back cover).It reads: "Zebra and chimpanzees"... It isclear that the photographed monkeys are not chimps (Pan Troglodites), butbaboons (Papio Cynocephalus). Zebras and baboons have the same habitat, `savanna', while, typically, chimpanzees live in a forest.It would be rarefor the two breeds, zebra and chimp, to meet in the wild ... their habitats being so positively different. How an error such as this could have beenoverlooked by such a competent author isdisconcerting.However, thisoversight certainly does not, in any other way, jeopardize the specialvalue of a "different" book on wild life.

José Xavier de BastoCoimbra, Portugal with Jacqueline Martin Texas, USA ... Read more

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As Dublin Zoo makes the transition from bars and cages to state-of-the-art animal habitats it is appropriate to record its story so far. Beginning in 1831, stories of animals and visitors are interwoven to record magical moments as visitors experienced the smells, sounds, behaviors, and magic of exotic animals. The mixed fortunes of the zoo are traced as it survived the famine years, political trouble, economic hardship, and public discomfort with wild animals kept in cages. ""de Courcy's hefty book is filled with incredible full-page photographs of the animals that make the Dublin Zoo a top-notch destination for families centuries after its advent."" Irish America Magazine ... Read more

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Ridge after mountain ridge, blanketed with forest to the horizon's edge, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a unique ecosystem and one of the largest protected areas in the Eastern United States.More than 500,000 acres of tree-covered mountains span the states of North Carolina and Tennessee, creating a natural setting so appealing it has become the nation's most frequently visited national park.Great Smoky Mountains; Natural Wonder, National Park explores the ecosystem of mountain and forest, the animals that inhabit it, and the Appalachian pioneers who came here to build a new life through essays by Steve Kemp.The essays are accompanied by 150 photographs that bring the Great Smoky Mountains vividly to life.Created by Adam Jones, this extraordinary photographic collection combines grand mountaintop landscapes and intimate details of flora and fauna that together give this book an exceptional sense of place. ... Read more

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