The Field Guide to Safari Animals

By Paul Beck

Book Overview

Young explorers embark on the safari adventure of a lifetime with this fabulous faux-journal, "written" in 1924 by fictional naturalist Rebecca Mayhew. Through her journal entries, youngsters accompany Mayhew as she explores mysterious Africa, from tracking lions in Nairobi to watching white rhinos in Pretoria to marveling at the birth of a baby giraffe in Botswana. Each info-packed page is filled with stunning photographs, colorful maps and illustrations, and fascinating facts about African animals and their environment. At the journey's end, children can assemble the eight animals from 59 included die-cut pieces and then display them on a gorgeous, removable 3-D diorama.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 1932855939
• ISBN13: 9781932855937
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great book!

My son and I love this book so much, we have given it to many of his friends for birthday presents. The kids love putting the animals together and making safari scenes.

Excellent fun for my animal lover

With the majestic elephant on the cover, my son was hooked - the African elephant is his absolute favorite animal in the world. The book itself is very cool - each section is about 4 or 5 pages long and focuses on one specific animal. The "date sighted" is provided and the "field notes" give you the impression you are reading an heirloom book from someone's attic about their grandfather or great-grandfather's safari. Each section has an animal puzzle to put together. These puzzles can be taken apart again. After the entire book is completed, there is a removable diorama backdrop. My 5 year old son told me it was not a diorama, it was a habitat. My mistake, obviously! We put the animals together and set up the background. We played for an afternoon, and then put the animals back in the book. There is no envelope for the backdrop, but that is literally the only complaint I have about this wonderful set. At 5, my son is too young to have read and put the animals together on his own, but the pieces were sturdy enough for us to play without becoming damaged. This set would be great to set up in his room (out of reach to avoid being lost) - something that he will probably get for his birthday (along with the other two books in this "series"). I highly recommend this book set for any safari-animal lovers out there. It is very well put together and quite entertaining. Cheers!

Great book - wonderful photos and directions

This is a high quality book - the pieces are nicely reinforced and our 8 yr old son agreed that it was nicer than he thought it would be. Lots of beautiful illustrations and good information.