"wings like a cape, ready for flight into the sweet, dark night."
About the book: A howling wolf, a stalking tiger, a playful panda, a dancing bird - pairing the stunning photography of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore with the delicate poetry of Newbery award-winning author Kwame Alexander, this lush picture book celebrates the beauty, diversity, and fragility of the animal world."how many feathers.... does it take to make a wing to fly, share sky"
Featuring more than 40 unique animal portraits, the pages invite kids to explore each creature's markings, textures, and attributes in stunning detail, while calling on all of us to help protect each and every one. Three picture-packed gatefolds inside showcase even more familiar and exotic species. These images are part of Sartore's lifelong project to photograph every animal in the world, with special attention given to disappearing and endangered species.
Animal Ark pairs Alexander’s mix of playful and powerful poetry with more than 100 of Sartore’s most compelling images of the world’s species to create a photographic ark for children that highlights the importance of conservation and celebrates the beauty, diversity and fragility of the animal world. Animal Ark is inspired by the National Geographic Photo Ark, a multiyear effort with Sartore and the National Geographic Society to document every species in captivity—inspiring people not just to care, but also to help protect these animals for future generations.
This picture book is a fantastic and unique selection for National Poetry Month and contains a message that is pitch perfect for Earth Day (April 22nd).
And those adorable photographs don't "just happen." It takes hard work and a fair amount "those won't work" snaps.
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DISCLOSURE: I received a complimentary copy to facilitate this review. Opinions are my own alone and are freely given. Prize is provided by and shipped to winner by MM Publicity on behalf of National Geographic.
The first video showed me a lot of beautiful photography from the book, and the second video showed how the photographs were done, including some sometimes-awkward animal wrangling!
ReplyDeleteThis is a terrific book. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI learned that Eagles are camera shy! I remember hearing Joel Sartore talk about the trials and tribulations of being a Nat Geo photographer on NPR several years ago.
ReplyDeleteI learned animal photography is not easy!
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I learned we are secret siblings and it is not easy to take pictures of live animals.
ReplyDeleteI learned that some animals glow and it's hard to get animals to cooperate when taking their pictures.
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I'm currently collecting this type of book for science and poetry studies next year! Perfect timing! Thanks for sharing this post at Booknificent Thursday on Mommynificent.com this week!
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It takes a lot of work to get good pictures of animals.
ReplyDeleteI love photography. And this video is exactly correct I learned how hard it is to take pictures of animals. I have taken a few myself and sometimes you get in some pretty funny situations Lol
ReplyDeleteI learned that my squirmy dog really isn't all that bad compared to some! :-)
ReplyDeleteI liked the snake investigating the camera and the scurrying armadillo. I didn't know they took such tiny steps.
I was amazed how many people and how much equipment working in concert are needed to make these extraordinary photos. And hearing Kwame Alexander read his poetry, well that just took my breath away! His message that it is the job of all of us to protect God's beautiful creation, Earth, and its creatures, was so very moving.
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