The World's Wildest Places: And the People Protecting Them

by Lily Dyu (Author) Riley Samels (Illustrator)

The World's Wildest Places: And the People Protecting Them
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Discover the wildest places on earth, and meet the amazing people dedicating their lives to conserving them.

The World's Wildest Places engages adventurous and curious children with the action being taken to combat the human impact on Planet Earth. Young readers can embark on the journey of a lifetime to 20 of the world's wildest places! Explore each environment, and learn about the keepers who are working to preserve them for future generations. Meet the animals and plants who call the wilderness home, and discover how you can take active steps to make a difference. Featuring colorful original illustrations and stunning photography, The World's Wildest Places brings the excitement of the jungle and the adventure of the rainforest to your lap. This striking conversation book for kids features: - 20 incredible locations across six continents, from tropical rainforests to deserts.- Combines stunning illustrations and photography to bring the places, people and animals to life.- Accessible text providing young readers with an easy introduction to conservation and the environment. Hide and Seek / Search and Find activities for every location make reading fun.

Highlights the conservation work that is underway across the globe. This awe-inspiring environment book is the perfect addition to the library of curious 6+ year olds with an interest in animals, adventure and exploration, alongside caregivers seeking to empower children to bring about positive change to the planet. Celebrate your child's curiosity as they dive into the wild and wonderful scenes of the world's most stunning habitats, with clear and accessible text that offers young readers an entry-point to conservation and the environment.

Featuring a foreword by WLT patron and well-known naturalist Steve Backshall, this amazing animal book was developed in collaboration with World Land Trust, a conservation charity protecting the world's most threatened habitats.

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Hardcover
$21.99

Lily Dyu
Riley Samels is an illustrator who grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Kent State University and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications and Design. After graduating he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah where he spent a few years as an illustrator for gifting goods including greeting cards and wrapping paper. He now resides in New Haven, Connecticut where he Illustrates pop-up greeting cards daily. Riley is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and allows this and other minority communities to inspire and fuel his work to amplify unheard voices. In his free time, he is probably tending to his collection of 112 (and growing) plants. Riley has a green thumb with a passion for illustration, social justice, travelling, and good food.

Lily Dyu lives in a Welsh valley. Growing up, she wanted to be a writer then an astronaut. Her favorite things are running in the mountains, camping wild and watching the night sky. Through her writing, she loves to tell true stories about people from all over the world. Maybe one day she'll still make it into space. She is the author of Earth Heroes: 20 Inspiring Stories of People Saving Our World (Nosy Crow, 2020) and Fantastic Female Adventurers: Truly Amazing Tales of Women Exploring the World (Vertebrate Publishing, 2019).
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780744057904
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Publication date
August 20, 2022
Series
-
BISAC categories
JNF051100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
JNF038000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | General
Library of Congress categories
Wilderness areas
Wildlife conservation
Nature conservation

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