Photo Ark ABC: An Animal Alphabet in Poetry and Pictures (National Geographic Kids)

by Debbie Levy (Author) Joel Sartore (Illustrator)

Photo Ark ABC: An Animal Alphabet in Poetry and Pictures (National Geographic Kids)
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

From armadillo to zebra, this enchanting picture book pairs the stunning photography of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore with playful poems by New York Times best-selling author Debbie Levy to represent the letters of the alphabet and celebrate the diversity of the animal world.

This unique alphabet book is a dazzling journey through the animal kingdom. It invites children and their families to linger over Sartore's spectacular portraits of animals both familiar and little known, to look these incredible creatures in the eye and marvel at their shape, form, and expression. Each animal is showcased in an original poem by Levy, whose clever, quirky verse and exuberant wordplay will delight readers young and old.

The photos are part of Sartore's mission to photograph all the animal species in human care, with special attention given to rare and endangered species.A beautiful gift book for animal lovers of any age, and a very special read-aloud ABC book for young children.More popular 

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2022 Notable Book in Poetry Award, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)—NCTE
Debbie Levy
Debbie Levy is the award-winning author of many books of nonfiction and fiction, including the New York Times bestseller I Dissent, This Promise of Change, The Year of Goodbyes, and the young adult novel Imperfect Spiral. She lives in Maryland with her husband. They have two grown sons.

Elizabeth Baddeley is the illustrator of the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark, written by Debbie Levy. She also illustrated A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country; The Good Fight: The Feuds of the Founding Fathers (and How They Shaped the Nation); and An Inconvenient Alphabet. Elizabeth graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a degree in illustration and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Learn more at EBaddeley.com.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781426372469
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Publication date
October 20, 2021
Series
National Geographic Kids
BISAC categories
JNF042000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
JNF013010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Alphabet
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
Library of Congress categories
Animals
English language
Alphabet

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