The celebrated husband-and-wife, illustrator/author team of Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, created this exceptionally beautiful volume of animal life for their own son Ola. It is as enchanting today as it was when it was first published in 1940!

 D'AULAIRES BOOK OF ANIMALS introduces young children to the creatures of every continent. More than fifty animals are wonderfully, lithographed in full colour, and form one side of a book that can be read page by page or unfolded to form a continuous panorama!

Makes a very special gift.

This magical format can not be described as well as it can be enjoyed! Children will love to explore and discover all the animals represented in their natural habitats...all around the world...from continent to continent!

The backside of the panorama reveals the nighttime world of the animals in the very same settings. Each tableau presents the animas in their native environments—from the tropical to the arctic—and is rendered with the exemplary richness of colour and delightful understanding of the children’s world that distinguish the d’Aulaires’ much-loved retellings of the Norse and Greek myths.

Young children, meeting animals from all over the world for the first time, will be delighted not only with the animals themselves but with the simple and engaging text which provides information about the way they act, the world they live in, and—best of all—the sounds they make.

D'AULAIRES BOOK OF ANIMALS is not only a perfect picture book for preschoolers, but a work of art that can be enjoyed by all. View more Picture Books about Animals. Sold Separately.

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View D'Aulaires BOOK OF NORSE MYTHS and BOOK OF GREEK MYTHS. Sold separately.