Animals of the Delta (An African Animal Adventure) [Library Binding]

Eduard Zingg (Author), Robert Italia (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1993 | Age Level: 8 and up | Series: An African Animal Adventure

Follows an expedition through the Okavango Delta region in Botswana and describes some of the different animals found there.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-There is a lot of good information about some familiar and less well known African animals buried in this disappointing offering. Unfortunately, the text is choppy, with short sentences that do not flow well. The book seems to begin mid-thought, as though it is just a portion of Zingg's safari journal. It is several pages before readers learn that they are traveling in the Okavango River Delta, and it is only on the final two pages that they discover they are in Botswana. There are no maps, nor is there a geographic marker of any sort. The author is clearly far more interested in describing animals he encountered than in offering readers any sense of place, and the text is poorly organized. The full-color photographs are adequate, but there aren't enough of them to break up the dry, bland text. Children would do better consulting an encyclopedia or an appropriate volume of the Encyclopedia of the Animal World Series (Facts on File).
Linda Greengrass, Bank Street College Library, New York City
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Abdo Pub Co (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562392174
• ISBN-13: 978-1562392178
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,777,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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