Little Kids First Big Book of Animals (National Geographic Kids)

I purchased this book for my 4 year old son who loves animals. I was expecting a book that was more relevant for much older children, but knew my son would love the photos and could grow into it. The book is laid out in various types of environment - ie forest, desert, and to my surprise an ocean section. There are a good variety of animals, many common, but a few uncommon or some I had never specifically heard of (ie breeds of fish). There were a couple of great detailed photos on each page. There is quick facts highlighted and a couple of sentences for each animal. There was an excellent variety and the book itself is a good size (about the same height as a standard paperback book but a bit wider) and is good quality. Personally I think the reading and facts are aimed at a child around 7-10. I would recommend to someone looking for a good book about animals for children. I think much older than 10 years old you are better going for a more detailed book. I think its great and my son loves it.

This book is great, it is packed with pictures and educational information about each animal. Each animal gets their own double page spread. Alongside pictures of the animal you get a few paragraphs giving you an introduction and overview of each animal along with some fun facts. For example; the giraffe has a tongue that can grow up to 18inches. There is a wide variety of animals from those that live in the deserts, polar, ocean and grasslands. Also there is a world map at the back that is colour coded to show where the animals live. I thought that this book would be too old for my 2yr and 10mth old. However he loves it. Although we do have to always have to read the great pacific octopus first!

Bought for a 4 year old - just right

This book is lovely with great pictures. Very informative and my son is 6 years old he loves it.

Love this book - bought as a Christmas present for my 2 (nearly 3) year old, it has a bit for quite a range of age groups in my opinion. The pictures are large enough to hold the attention of a child my son's age (and younger), but there are interesting facts that older kids would find interesting too, and for those that have started reading, there is enough to keep going for a while!

Lovely book, our 22 month old toddler adores it and Kris going back to the animals she loves over and over again. BUT..... As other people have said, the binding is hopelessly inadequate... Pages are just glued in, I don't even think this would hold the pages in to a book for adults and it certainly hasn't kept the pages in to our copy... So now we have lovely pages that are strewn about all over the place. Really annoyed with national geographic about this, it's pathetic.

Excellent book to stimulate young readers, vivid pictures etc draw them in

I bought this for my 15 months son. Way to young? Yes if you want the book to last intact very long, but, although a couple of pages suffered damages in the last month since I bought it, this is my son favorite book and he wants to look at the animals there everyday! He has learned so many names and sounds! I would say this is better for a 3+ year old, but the pictures are so nice even younger children will like it!

really good book and good for collection, has a very good quality of pictures and pages..

Lo compré para practicar un poco el inglés en casa con mis hijos.El libro ha sido un éxito total. Ellos están aprendiendo mucho sobre los animales y yo estoy repasando vocabulario que tenía olvidado, e incluso aprendiendo algunas palabras nuevas.Lo que más les está gustando es ver qué come cada animal, dónde vive y los hábitos que tiene.Las fotos son preciosas, algunas espectaculares. Las hojas son de buena calidad y las pastas duras, muy adecuadas para niños pequeños.Estamos encantados con la compra.

My kids loved this book so much, its big and the pictures are really nice

Nice. Big. Has a lot of pages covering animals of all terrains. The pages are of high quality. So are the photographs.

Las ilustraciones son muy bonitas, los textos fáciles de comprender, mi hija está aprendiendo inglés y este libro despierta mucho su interés, además me parece muy buen material