Northwest Animal Babies [Hardcover]

Art Wolfe (Author), Andrea Helman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003 | Age Level: 3 and up

Introduces some of the baby animals found in the Pacific Northwest, including raccoon kits, a bison calf, grey wolf pups, Coho salmon fry, Western Sandpiper chicks, and a cougar kitten.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-Mostly a photographic study of baby animals from the Pacific Northwest, this gorgeous book focuses on 26 mammals, birds, and sea creatures. The majority are species common to other areas of North America, particularly the West (raccoons, bison, mountain goats, etc.), but species such as the coho salmon, orca, and Dall sheep are regional. Information about each one is limited to a short snippet about behavior or physical features, the main attraction being the wonderful, full-color photographs that are often endearing and sometimes comical. There's nothing new here, but this title is a beautiful introduction to the varied wildlife of the Northwest.
Cynthia M. Sturgis, Ledding Library, Milwaukee, OR
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From Booklist

Ages 3^-6. Fabulous up-close photos introduce the adorable offspring of 26 animals of the Pacific Northwest, ranging from red fox kits and coho salmon fry to harbor seal pups. Helman's brief but descriptive and informative text focuses on interesting attributes of each animal, and the book's bold design, with jazzy borders, brilliant colors, and bouncy type, dresses up the heartwarming pictures. Animal lovers won't be able to resist this natural history treat, with photos that catch animal babies at their cuddly best. Kathleen Squires

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570611440
• ISBN-13: 978-1570611445
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 10.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,016,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"Art Wolfe's photographs are a superb evocation of some of the most breathtaking spectacles in the world." -- Sir David Attenborough

Over the course of his nearly 40-year career, photographer Art Wolfe has worked on every continent and in hundreds of locations. His stunning images interpret and record the world's fast-disappearing wildlife, landscapes and native cultures, and are a lasting inspiration to those who seek to preserve them all. Wolfe's photographs are recognized throughout the world for their mastery of color, composition and perspective.

"Art Wolfe's work tells a story that is overwhelming, breathtaking, and vast."
- Robert Redford

Wolfe's photographic mission is multi-faceted. His vision and passionate wildlife advocacy affirm his dedication to his work. By employing artistic and journalistic styles, he documents his subjects and educates the viewer. His unique approach to nature photography is based on his training in the arts and his love of the environment. His goal is to win support for conservation issues by "focusing on what's beautiful on the Earth." Hailed by William Conway, former president of the Wildlife Conservation Society, as "the most prolific and sensitive recorder of a rapidly vanishing natural world," Wolfe has taken an estimated one million images in his lifetime and has released over sixty books, including the award-winning "Vanishing Act", "The High Himalaya", "Water: Worlds between Heaven & Earth, Tribes", "Rainforests of the World", "The Art of Photographing Nature", as well as numerous children's titles. Graphis included his books "Light on the Land" and the controversial "Migrations" on its list of the 100 best books published in the 1990s.

"There's a stunning clarity and vibrancy in Art Wolfe's wildlife portraits, which are careful, often haunting, compositions." - The New York Times Book Review

In 2000 he published his signature work "The Living Wild", which has more than 70,000 copies in print worldwide and garnered awards from the National Outdoor Book Awards, Independent Publisher, Applied Arts and Graphis. In 2001 WP published the award-winning "Africa", and in 2003 "Edge of the Earth,Corner of the Sky", which captured significant publishing awards, including IPPY (Independent Publishers), Benjamin Franklin (Publishers Marketing Association), and National Outdoor Book Award. Wolfe's latest books are "Travels to the Edge: A Photo Odyssey" (2009), "Alaska, 10th Anniversary Edition" (2010), and "Dogs Make Us Human" (2011).

"Art has the broadest range of excellence of any nature photographer I know."
- Galen Rowell


Art Wolfe is the proud recipient of the Photographic Society of America's Progress Medal for his contribution to the advancement of the art and science of photography; he has been awarded with a coveted Alfred Eisenstaedt Magazine Photography Award as well as named Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year by the North American Nature Photography Association. The National Audubon Society recognized Wolfe's work in support of the national wildlife refuge system with its first-ever Rachel Carson Award. He is a member of Canon's elite list of renowned photographers "Explorers of Light" and Microsoft's Icons of Imaging. Magazines all over the world publish his photographs and stories, and his work is licensed for monograph retail products as well as advertising. Numerous North American and international venues have featured his traveling exhibits.

"The intensity, texture, and strange density of Art Wolfe's photographs are truly astonishing." -- Peter Matthiessen

Wolfe has ventured into the world of television production with "On Location with Art Wolfe," "Techniques of the Masters" and as host of "American Photo's Safari", which aired on ESPN 1993-1995. In May 2007 Art made his public television debut with the high definition series "Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge," an intimate and upbeat series that offers unique insights on nature, culture, and the new realm of digital photography. The thirteen-episode first season garnered American Public Television's 2007 Programming Excellence Award--unprecedented for a first season show. The thirteen-episode second season garnered five Silver Telly Awards, their highest honor, for outstanding achievement. It has been broadcast more than 180,000 times in the United States alone and is seen in Asia, Europe, South America, and the Middle East.

"It is in the wild places, where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky, the human spirit is fed." -- Art Wolfe

The son of commercial artists, Wolfe was born on September 13, 1951 in Seattle and still calls the city home. He graduated from the University of Washington with Bachelor's degrees in fine arts and art education; in 1999 he was named to the UW Alumni Association's magazine list of 100 "most famous, fascinating and influential" alumni of the 20th century. Wolfe spends nearly nine months a year traveling, carefully researching the locations as well as pre-visualizing the photographs he wants to take. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers and serves on the advisory boards for the Nature's Best Foundation and Bridges to Understanding. He donates performances and work to environmental and educational groups every year; his lecture series is also in demand for corporate conventions and trade shows. Wolfe maintains his gallery, stock agency, production company and digital photography school in the SODO district of Seattle.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars An attractive introduction to Pacific Northwest animals, April 18, 2001

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Volkert Volkersz (Snohomish, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Northwest Animal Babies (Hardcover)

While the some of the terminology is a bit difficult for the intended audience, "Northwest Animal Babies" is still an attractive introduction to the subject, especially when read-aloud and discussed by an adult.

This book covers animals in the region ranging from Oregon in the south to Alaska in the north; and from Montana in the east to Washington in the west. Since our school is in a rural area northeast of Seattle, our first graders immediately identified with cougar pups, bobcat kittens, and Canada Geese goslings, among others.

In most cases, one animal is featured per page, with clear, attractive photos of young animals, sometimes with a parent, and a few sentences about each animal. A few animals are featured in a two-page spread.

Using this book would be a good way to learn the correct terms for specific animal babies, as well as proper names for a few animal body parts.

While reading this book to a first grade class in my library, each page caused the children to raise their hands wanting to tell their own animal stories. This read-aloud session could have easily stretched into a half-hour, much longer than reading the text straight through requires.

Despite a few "big words," young students are attracted to this book. Recommended.