Description

Marea carte despre bestii looks at wild animals and their lives. It shows what they eat and how they hunt. It looks at how they stay alive and defend themselves. It asks how foxes use cunning and how bats see. It also looks at wild animals in cities.

Yuval Zommer’s book uses words and pictures to share facts. Adults can read it with young children. Older children can read and explore it on their own. The text has a light, chatty tone. Animal expert Barbara Taylor supplies the facts it draws on. Readers can search the pictures for hidden animal tracks.

The first pages explain what makes an animal wild. They show why these animals are hard to tame. They also show the ways animals keep themselves safe. Later pages look at bears, cheetahs, beavers, and Tasmanian devils. Some parts cover beasts from myths and Ice Age animals. Others look at wild animals that live near us. The book shows ways to help animals at risk of dying out.

Zommer earned a master’s degree at the Royal College of Art. He studied how to make pictures for books and other texts. He then worked as a creative director in ads. After that, he began to make books of facts. He also writes and draws picture books with seasonal themes. He makes these for Oxford University Press.

His Marea carte series has come out in 25 countries. UKLA, the English Association, and Made for Mums have shortlisted it for awards. This book won a picture-book award in 2018. The award was for nonfiction for ages four to seven. That year, it also earned a CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal nomination.