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Animal Books for Children
In today's children's books market, there exists a strong tendency for publishers and authors to create books that tend toward either boys or girls. This is apparent when you see the number of princess books, craft books, gossip-style books and the like for girls. Not to mention the number of book series that are marketed to young female readers. For boys, there is just a strong tendency to make books about cars, trucks, and the like. There is also a strong number of book series that are marketed to boys.
However, we find a strong and large middle ground between girls and boys in the appeal to books that feature animals. From the earliest reader books to books that cover young teenagers, you can find books that cover every imagineable aspect of the world of animals.
Babies love board books that have nothing more than photos of animals with one or two word descriptions. Toddlers love books that have not only the pictures of animals, but contain the animal sounds. As a parent, it really is fun for kids to learn and repeat animal sounds as they read these books. There are an unending number of books about farm animals, tropical animals, desert animals and everything in between.
As kids leave the toddler stage, their capacity to learn about animals grows with them. Kids become curious about where animals live, how they live and what their environmental needs are. An excellent example is sharks. We've found that five to seven year-olds love books about sharks--how they eat, where they live and all else. This level of understanding about an animal is very normal for a preschool to kindergarten-aged child.
Through the 1970s and 1980s, many publishers developed child encyclopedias on animals that were full of beautiful illustrations and excellent information. Many families have held on to these books for a new generations of the family. You might have one of these great books on your own bookshelf.
Learning about biology and the life outside of the neighborhood of a child is an excellent way for children to understand the environment and gain a better understanding of the world in general. Many of the top experts in the field of biology, genetic engineering and bio-medical sciences got their start in spilling over children's books on biology and animal science--not exactly the board books. But, books that are geared to the nine to twelve year-old readers.
We offer literally hundreds of books about animals for all levels of readers and for every imaginable interest. We welcome you to browse the selection of books we have available. If you mouse over the "animals" tab on the left of the site, the menu will open up to a long list of categories of books that will open up the entire animal kingdom to your young reader.
We hope you agree that having a few animal books in your library is worth the trouble of buying and compiling it. You might find that these books will become favorite titles that the child will keep on his or her bookshelf long after he or she has left the age category that the books intends to cover.
As always, happy browsing and happy hunting for animal books for your children.
Animal Books
Young children are completely fascinated by the animals they encounter in the world around them. Familiarize your child with the animals they see, whether at the farm, zoo, or their own backyard with a fabulous books about animals. We've compiled a list of some of our favorite animal books.
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A classic rhyme about traveling ducks finds new life as a sturdy board book. Colorful illustrations and interactive touch-and...
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The latest of the Boynton on Board Books, "Fifteen Animals!" is not only a unique counting book--count the Bobs, pets,...
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Follow the simple step-by-step drawings and you will soon be amazing all your friends with your new-found artists' skills!
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Large, vibrant paintings and shimmering foil stars make a brilliant connection between age-old stargazing tales and the...
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Authoritative and accessible, this guide to the animal kingdom catalogs everything from aardvarks to zebras. Stunning action...
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Maisy the Mouse has her favorite animals, and they are featured in this colorful mini board book. Full-color illustrations.
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Full-color. basic concept picture books that fit into toddlers' hands with sturdy wipe-clean board pages and safe rounded...
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Another yummy serving is in order as toddlers learn about animals. Brightly colored text, illustrations and die-cut indents...
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From the blobfish to the axoloti, this book reveals the planet's freakiest animals! Each page has simple blocks of text in a...
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In this new "I Spy" book that's just right for the littlest readers, toddlers use the picture clues to search for tiny...
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Learn about baby animals that live on a farm.
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An elephant's trunk is so nimble, it can pick up a single blade of grass, and yet so strong, it can knock over a tree....
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