Customer Reviews

National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals

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I bought this with the idea of reading it with our daughter in the future. It has some good information in it, and of course some nice pictures. But I was hoping for more comprehensive info, like what a particular animal eats, where it sleeps, its behaviors, etc. But the book is limited by its size. It'd have to be much bigger to have all that data. It has brief explanations and descriptions. It is a good book to introduce many of the numerous animals.

I think this book is excellent content-wise. However, it has mostly drawings of animals, not actual photos. I was disappointed in this as the other reviews seemed to suggest it has lots and lots of pictures--these pictures are actually drawings (which are very well done) and they are indeed very plentiful, but I will be sending it back for a book with more actual photos of animals.

I bought this encyclopedia for my 7 year-old daughter who is obsessed with the great cats. She was thrilled! We had borrowed the previous edition (with the tree frog on the front) from the library, so I already knew that she loved the book. But now, with the tiger on the front, it's one of her favorite possessions. We're a month past Christmas, and she is still consulting this book regularly, drawing pictures of the various animals shown in full-color, and learning so many facts that she's becoming a walking encyclopedia herself. The organization and layout is very user-friendly. This is not an alphabetized A-Z book of animals. The mammals, insects, birds, etc. are all groups according to categories of related creatures. This is a very helpful feature. We give the book two thumbs up!!

Our elder son Ian recieved this from his grandmom for x'mas, and hasn't stopped researching it ever since. Its 'grown up' enough for it to be full of facts and very well detailed, yet colorful and exciting and fresh enough for children to easily relate to. Do get it if you have a child who's passionate about animals. For others, I would wait till they can read, perhaps after 6 yrs age.

My four year old daughter and I adore this book and have for 2 years! There are beautiful illustrations (not photos) of a lot of animals. The only thing it lacks is information on all of the animals, but overall it is a gorgeous book that gets a lot of use in our house!

Beautiful full color photographs and well written information about animals. This is a must have book for any animal lover! It is written so that almost every age can read and enjoy it. This probably isn't the kind of book that a grad student might use for a research paper. However, we have had it for a while and I still feel like I learn something every time I open the book. My son thinks he is too cool for it. But I see him reading it once in a while when he thinks no one is looking.

About 3 months ago I bought my first copy and lent the book to a First Grade Class. The teacher told me a good number of the kids really liked the book and later on a lot of them thanked me for it. I bought a copy for them to keep in their class. Since them I have bought copies for my great-granddaughter and my granddaughter. Recently I lent it to a Fourth Grader that loved it and asked for it as her upcoming birthday present. Kids do love it (most of them anyway!).

I bought this book for my 11 year old granddaughter for Christmas. She loves to read and is very interested in all types of animals. She loved this book. I would definitely recommend it. I love animals as well and I looked through it briefly before I gift wrapped it for her and I found it to be fascinating as well as informative.

My kids totally enjoyed this book and have learned so much. They are eager to read this book and are amazed at some of the animal facts. We spend time together reading this book and I have learned quiet a bit. The pictures are amazing as well.

We bought this book 6 months ago for my then 2 1/2 yo son and it is still by far his favorite book. There are pictures and snippets of info on so many animals he has never been bored with it. Rather than just identifying an animal as a shark, bear or fish etc, he loves identifying the different types of each animal. He loves for someone to read it to him, but he also simply enjoys just lying on the floor with it looking at the pictures. Even though it is a very large book, as a small 2 1/2yo he could still get it off the shelf and look at it himself if he wanted. It is very sturdy so it is still in great shape after MANY readings. We had been considering buying this new from National Geographic at a $40 advertised price so were amazed to find it USED for about $5. So well worth the $5, but seeing how much he loves it and how much he has learned from it already, I think even if we had paid $40, we would have thought it worth the price.