Untamed animals around the world

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The jungles of Borneo, the African savannahs, the frozen banks of AntarcticaQfor more than ten years, wildlife photographer Steve Bloom traveled all over the world to assemble this dazzling collection of 200 photographs of animals in their natural environments. 0-8109-5611-X$45.00 / Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

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Booklist Review

Gr. 4-7. With astonishing color photos Bloom took in the wild, beautifully reproduced on thick, glossy paper, this oversize volume captures animals in their natural habitat, from polar bears on an ice floe to a huge herd of migrating gnu on the east African savannah. One amazing shot shows a great white shark leaping out of the ocean; it took Bloom 15 days to get the picture. The exclamatory text, written by Christian Havard, is too cute and condescending (the male peacock is a regular Casanova ; some animals have really weird sleeping habits), though Havard does add some interesting commentary and connections about habitat, tools, and the threat to the animals' environment. Occasional spot illustrations by Zicot fill out the page design nicely, but Bloom's photos are the real attraction here; they will move kids with their plea for conservation. --Hazel Rochman Copyright 2005 Booklist

Horn Book Review

Arresting wildlife photographs are this book's raison d'etre. The text, often discussing material tangential to the accompanying photographs, adds little. The spot illustrations occasionally contradict their explanatory captions, as when the okapi lifts the wrong feet while ambling or the courting blue-footed booby's tail is not fanned. An index would have been helpful, too, but this book is best for browsing. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.