With hundreds of wildlife photographs and insights into animal behaviour, this guide takes readers on a global safari with an expert naturalist. It deals with four groups of mammals; you can swim with grey whales, seek out giant pandas in the bamboo forests of China, and learn about protecting big cats and track elephants in the African grasslands. Special "did you know?" features supply information to amaze - for example, a humpback whale weighs about the same as five fully grown elephants - and focus spreads highlight topics like the snow homes of polar bears.

 

This book is part of a book series called Illustrated Wildlife Encyclopedia .

There are 264 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2003 by Anness Publishing .

Barbara Taylor has written many successful children's natural history books. Rhonda Klevansky is a photographer and writer. She works for the Natural History Unit in Bristol. Michael Bright works for the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol and has written children's and adult titles. Robin Kerrod is an experienced child's writer whose main area of interest is science and natural history. Michael Bright is a best-selling author and award-winning radio and television producer, who has worked with the BBC's world-renowned Natural History Unit. Robin Kerrod was an experienced author of children's information books and a winner of the COPUS science book prize. Barbara Taylor is an experienced children's non-fiction writer. Her previous books for Watts include the Science Starters series.