Animals Books

Owning large parrots I found this book to be a wonderful explaination for younger children. It's colorful images and simple wording make learning about parrots fun and interesting for the little ones. Great book !!

How can I have lived this long and never noticed that two of a parrot's toes are on backwards? This playful and original book about life as a parrot is as entertaining as it is educational. My view of parrots is forever changed!

This fun 330-word picture book encourages the young reader to enter a fantasy world in which he imagines himself to be a parrot. Parrot behaviors are pictured, often with the child in the story imitating them.

I like the Creative Minds page cautioning people to think carefully about the work, expense and inconvenience before one gets a parrot for a pet. I thin the page with the black and white world map could have been color-coordinated to help the child determine the different regions where the various parrots are from.

I think children would love making their own beaks.

Overall, this is a delightful book suitable for young children who love parrots and like a good time.

What would it be like if you were a parrot? This enjoyable book tells you just how it would be to be a parrot throughout your day. You would even eat a popsicle, stick and all!
Author Katherine Rawson writes about parrot behavior and preferences in an amusing, informative way. Sherry Rogers illustrations enhance the text with dramatic scenes showing parrot behavior by painting children with beaks, claws, and the abilities to climb curtains and imitate phones. Young children will have so much fun imitating the parrots and parrot-children in this book. There is even a fact sheet in the back that tells children how to care for a pet parrot. This is a fun book for children ages 3 - 8.

Absolutely fabulous book! This book incorporates personality information along with being a very realistic view of companion parrot care. You are able to get a real sense of what it is really like living with a parrot! My business deals with companion bird owners 100% and I am definitely going to add several copies to our "library" and encourage anyone thinking of getting a bird to read this first - for fun and education.

I got this book because someone who reviewed my book HALLELUJAH, A CAT COMES BACK, said they liked it so much. I couldn't agree more. I almost like it as much as my own book. My grandchildren had to side with me of course, but they loved Jasper too. Not preachy, just perfect. A. B. Curtiss, author of HALLELUJAH, A CAT COMES BACK.

I agree with everyone here.. I now look at my cats twinkling eyes & know they are sending me eyes kisses.. This is up there with my favorite dog book Timbuktu : A Novel (Paperback)
-- a book from the dog's perspective

This is a good book for a young reader that loves cats. The story is entertaining and not violent but has a good storyline that holds the attention. It is not long so would be good reading for age group 8-12 and a good story for parents to read to young ones.

Jasper was a good book, but it was sort of sad. Me being a tad sensitive, I, er, bawled my eyes out(i like using that expression). I would have givin it 4 stars if it wasn't so sad. I still think it should have a sequel, but Michelle Groce, please don't make it so sad. It was a quick read, being 174 pages, but filled with emotions: sadness, fear, happiness, and surprise. I would recommend this book to people who are not sensitive, and have never cried reading any book.

P.S. I liked the warriors(READ THEM!!! They're about cats by erin hunter) better, but this was a good book to read while i waited for the new book to come out.

I have read all of the 10 reviews above and agree with every one of them! So, I just want to add my 5 stars to a beautiful, inciteful book which would be a wonderful gift to all animal lovers from 10 to 100 and beyond.

This was ordered as a Christmas gift for my grandchildren. It looked great when it arrived. I'm sure they will love it.

Full of imagination and creactivity that book is realy great and full of many impressive pop-ups. As I said one of the best I've seen. Highly recommended

Incredible pop up art. My 3 yr old son loves it but need supervision to avoid tears. IT is very special - a great unique gift for 3-7 yrs.

this masterpiece is simply testing the limits of paper engineering. you'll be astonished and surprised every time you open the book. over and over again. even for the 20th time.

The intricacy and engineering of this book is amazing. Each page is a masterpiece.

Finally this Australian children's classic is becoming available to Americans. I first read it 60 years ago and it has never lost its unusual charm. I read it to my children, enjoying together its wonderful illustrations by author-artist Norman Lindsey and its whimsical poem-songs: "It's worse than weevils, worse than warts/ Worse than corns to bear/ It's worse than having several quarts of treacle in your hair." My grandchildren are now enjoying the books (I had to order copies from Australia, and consider it wonderful that children today can more easily obtain the book). I consider it a classic of the first order--one of the greatest children's stories of all time.

Big tough talking penguins and talking never ending desserts, what more could you want? Ok, that, but this is a kids book, and one you should get if you have some (kids, that is, not talking penguins and puddings). There are the good guys, and there are the bad guys. Both are hungry, but the bad guys want to put out tasty pudding friend to nefarious ends, while the good guys just want enough dessert. Needless to say, the pudding is cantankerous.

Honestly, I'm no read-aloud wimp! And my kids are usually up for anything. They giggled like mad at the pompous puns of Mr. H.M. Wogglebug T.E. in the Oz books, and urged on my faux-Yorkshire accent in the Secret Garden. The century-old Australian slang and endless sea shanties of the Magic Pudding, though, just about did us in. It really is a magnificent flight of fancy, but there were just too many incomprehensible sentences to paraphrase and longggg songs to make up tunes for. Save this for when you're at your most daring and energetic, read-aloud parents!

The Magic Pudding is a fun-and-nonsense tale that has become my nine-year-old son's favorite book. It deserves to be published in the US so that American children can enjoy what has become a classic in Australian children's literature. If you enjoy Roald Dahl's books, "The Phantom Tollbooth," and "Alice in Wonderland" you'll enjoy this.

This book is part of the wonderful new series of republished children's books from the New York Review of Books. Over 80 years old, "The Magic Pudding" describes the adventures of a koala bear, named Bunyip Bluegum - the kind of koala who wears a high collar and spats - who falls in with a crazy cowboy sort of fellow named Bill Barnacle and a penguin named Sam Sawnoff.

Bill and Sam are possessed of a magic pudding (named Albert, if you can believe this), who regenerates every time you take a bite of him and changes into whatever flavor you like. Albert the pudding is much coveted by two evil villains who are constantly tricking our Heroes into giving up the Pudding, whereupon they must go and re-re-re-rescue it.

The characters and style are very reminiscent of "Alice in Wonderland," with Bunyip seeming a little White-rabbitish to me, and Bill and Sam sort of Mad Hatter and Dormouse-y. The effect is somewhere in between "Alice" and an old Loony Tunes in which Bugs Bunny constantly bewilders Elmer Fudd.

The whole narrative is punctuated with many whimsical song lyrics, like the poetry in Carroll's book. The lyrics make it a great read-aloud for the younger set, although older kids might be a bit puzzled by its style. However, everyone will be charmed by the Pudding himself and want one of their very own.

I've had these cards for several years now. Throughout that time I've used these for self-discovery as well as to enhance my study of nature and the world around me.

The artwork is welldone and there is always more in each card than what originally meets the eye.

The descriptions and guides and useful, but not in great depth. To me that's part of the joy of this deck...the necessity to put yourself INTO the process and really learn.

I recommend these if you are looking to find a focus point for your daily meditation and you are working to find your place among nature.

I tried for years to work with tarot decks and just found them to be cold and impersonal. A friend reccomended these and they've been not only easy to work with but very relevant to my life. I would highly reccomend these to anyone.

I love this set, I kept my cards a secret to myself for the first few weeks I had them, but the identification of the reading and the situtaion I was questioning was eerie - so I asked various people who visited if they would not mind having a "Go" with the cards, well now my friends, family and acquaintences beleive I am a Shaman Sacred Card reader, this may be so but I believe it is the book and card set that are the true hero, as long as the person giving the reading has respect for the essense of the set the truth will Out. A teriffic gift to give someone interested in the subject of Native American Wisdom, it is so much fun to see a friends face change into the "Oh my god how did you know that" look. All readings are positive (I don't mean polite I mean give positive guidance for good news or bad) but one would have to be dim not to understand the significance of every card reading. If I can make sense of the set anybody can - The cards are Beautiful and the book print size is big enough for my bad eyesight, for late night reading with a bedside lamp.

beautiful cards. Interesting book. had many dream of spirit animals after reading book.

I love Jamie's cards and I use them daily.

Speaking as a Shaman with over 30 years experience, I highly recommend this wonderful deck of cards to anyone interested in improving their lives, in getting in touch with animal mentors, in learning to communicate with animals, and mostly, in learning how to help others.

This is the first book that he wants to read over and over again, it keeps his attention from beginning to end. He has learned every animal in the book! I hope that we will see more meerkat adventures soon!!!! Thank you for such a sweet and whimsical book that we both enjoy!

This book is fun to read with my daughter as it keeps her interested with the guessing. She can also read the book to me so it is easy enough for her to memorize the words. I would say the book is for a 3-4 year old.

This delightful romp through an African safari is the book my son brings me again and again. The pictures are beautiful and the story is fun and informative. He loves pointing out things on the pages, such as the bananas that the monkeys are eating or the ball that the snake is swimming with. This is a book that he will enjoy for years to come!

Written by Claudia Graziano and illustrated by Michelle Barbera, Meerkat's Safari brings young readers on an exciting safari with an enthusiastically friendly meerkat, to see exotic wild animals such as zebras, flamingos, and monkeys. A two-page spread depicting each animal's footprints precedes the reveal of the animals themselves fluidly illustrated with gorgeous, full-color artwork. As rhyming, read-aloud adventures go, Meerkat's Safari is sure to please. "Congratulations! // Our safari is done / You've guessed all my friends / and met every one. // Until our next adventure, / it's time for me to go. // Take a trip to the zoo, / there are more animals to know.

We got this in paperback for my older son a year ago, and the book immediately received a lot of love. For a true animal head, it's tough to get much better. The writing is whimsical and clever, and the pictures are gorgeous. Although he's long since "guessed" which animals are next, he still likes to pretend to guess every time we read. The original book showed enough wear and tear from toddler reading that we just got another one, this time in hard cover. But the paperback will still come in handy--as our one-year-old takes up reading....

Beautiful illustrations, and a sweet heart warming story about the power of music. Love this book. A must for any aspiring musicians, musicians grown up, or kids of. Glad I stumbled upon this book!

A wonderful book that can be read to children of different ages and levels. My 22 month old grandson is captivated by the drawings.

This story has a delightful message about the power we have to influence others, even if that influence is out of our awareness. Always a joy to read...

I'm 43 and checked this book out of the library to read to my kids. I was so moved by it that I plan to buy several copies as gifts for both adults and kids. I'd like to have the artwork on the walls of my music studio to remind me . . .it's all about the energy we put out into the world. A timeless and most important lesson! Thank you David McPhail!

This book is a simply wonderful book to share with chilren. It is beautifully written and illustrated, and has a great message to share as well. I am an elementary music teacher, and read it to my classes every year. It has become a mainstay in the few short years I've owned it, and my students love it as much as I do.

The cover made me look at the story and I had to get it for my daughter. The expression of Mr. Pusskins alone makes the story funny. He is an aloof cat that is pampered and adored by Emily. He can't stand it and decides to go have fun!

He lives the high life and makes friends with the Pesky Cat Gang. Eventually, the weather turns, things get boring and the pesky cat gang turns out to not be very nice. He finds a lost animal poster of himself and realizes he had it good with Emily. What my daughter found funny was the fact Mr. Pusskins calls Emily on the telephone and she drives the car to find him.

The artwork makes the story really fun. The expressions alone will bring a smile especially if you ever had such a cat.

We can't wait for the new story Mr. Pusskins and Little Whiskers: Another Love story.

I bought this book because my daughter loves cats and because I grew up with a cat that looked and acted like Mr. Pusskins. It quickly became a favorite book and it is never far from my daughter's bedside. She memorized each and every word and reads it to us now. It is a simple story of love lost and found and any child with a favorite "pet" can quickly grasp both Emily and Mr. Pusskins' feelings. We can't wait for the next book to come out!

This is a great book. I saw it in my daughter's classroom and was so taken by the cover that I had to buy it. It is beautifully illustrated and the story is so nice.

Mr. Pusskins is your typical aloof cat. He's like most people if you think of it...doesn't realize how good he has it and takes for granted the ones that love him. He does learn what happens when he gets too big for his britches, and falls in with the wrong crowd. He finally comes to the realization of how much he was loved and how great he had it. He lucks outs in that his owner, Emily, is determined to find him and does.
My granddaughter LOVED this books and so do I. It teaches a very valuable and age-old lesson: Appreciate what you have and be good to those who love you, not take them for granted. This is a lesson that alot of people still need to learn! This book does a wonderful job doing just that.

My family loved the tale of Mr Pusskins. The interesting illustrations held the attention of the 5 year old. The 3 year old thought the story was too long. Mr. Pusskin's appearance and attitude is similar to that of our persian cat; therefore, we could relate to the story. The theme is classic: the grass is always greener on the other side, but you'd be better off to appreciate what you have.

I have quite a few of these books from this series and they are my kids favorites! This animal book was one of my son's favorites and it shows. I highly recommend these books!! They teach while being fun to look at.

My kids love this book! It was given to my daughter as a gift when she was a baby. It was one of her favorite books through her toddler years and even now at 5 years old she enjoys looking at all of the different kinds of animals inside. She is crazy about animals and even after all these years the many familiar and unique pictures inside hold her interest. And now that she's in Kindergarten she likes to say the name of the animal and try to decide what letter sound it starts with.

My son is now 2 and it is one of his very favorite books to look through. He is constantly following me around asking me to name different animals for him. He gets frustrated with me daily for not sitting with him longer with this book.

There are so many kinds of animals packed into this one little book. And I love how they're categorized into baby animals, fast animals, powerful animals, spiky animals, etc.

This book has seen a lot of little hands in the last almost 6 years and the spine is starting to come apart so we're buying a new one. I know my infant son will enjoy it as much as my two older children when he gets older!

Everywhere we go, various educators are surprised by how many animals my children can recognize and this little DK book is one of the reasons.

Colorful and pretty comprehensive (for the preschool and under set) it depicts not only the usual zoo and farm animals, but also creatures such as a blue whale, pigeon, emu, starling, slug, buffalo and boa constrictor.

The division of animals into categories such as 'creepy crawlies' and 'powerful' is very unusual for a kid's book, but very useful for parents because it serves as a reminder of attributes that we can point out to our youngsters.

The animals are too numerous to list here, but some of the categories are: Giant, Babies around the farm, Babies in the wild, Birds, Creepy crawlies, Noisy, Powerful, Swimmers, Climbers Speedy, Armored, Colorful, Spotty, Stripy, Spiky, and Nighttime animals.

Five Stars. Excellent educational material and great fun.

Book is built to last. It's two years old and only in two pieces. Which may seem like alot but our twins fight over it. Now our 1 year old want to get in on it as well. We may have theree pieces soon which is still acceptable given the rough housing over it.

Another "First" book that my son adores!! Many different animals are represented & he loves to go through each page & each animal... GREAT book- highly recommend all "first" books!!

The premise of this book is cute, and the drawings make the story even better. Good for kids and parents to share with kids.

I was lucky enough to meet the author at a book signing where I purchased this as a gift for my son. He's 7 and this is by far his favorite book. He never gets tired of reading it, or having it read to him. I agree with the gentleman who said it's a great book for kids and cat lovers alike!! The relationship between the cat and the young owner is obviously one of great love, and how can you go wrong with that, no matter what the story is about!!??

When I actually read the book, I was amazed. Being a 20 year old male, I don't typically read this type of book nor do I know much about them, but this one really was fun to read. The story is very easy to read, but never loses its fun. I would recommend this book to any person with kids or to any cat lover (like myself). Great book, great author, you just can't go wrong. 5 stars.

I loved this book! I read this during my night class and I couldn't help but laugh. It is very funny yet simple. I am not an animal lover but I liked this cat. Children will love the idea of a cat making their lunch. The illustrations are great and really go with the story. Great book!

This book is wonderful! Easy reading, light, fun, and humorous. After receiving the book, I took it home and read it to my cat. I laughed and re-read it again. I plan on reading this book to my Grandchildren at Christmas time, ages: 2 years, 5 years, and 5 months. Granted the 5 month old will not understand, but in the future she will. The illustrations are great, too. Easy for children to identify with. I hope this author continues to write.