Wildlife of Australia

Resource Information

The work Wildlife of Australia represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Wildlife of Australia

Statement of responsibility

Louise Egerton and Jiri Lochman

Creator

• Egerton, Louise

Contributor

• Lochman, Jiri

Subject

• Animals -- Australia
• Animals -- Australia -- Pictorial works

Genre

• Pictorial works

Language

eng

Summary

"This will be the must-have handy reference to find out all about Australia's wildlife. Each spread will feature an animal or group of animals e.g. the Kangaroos and Wallabies, Bowerbirds, Seadragons and Seahorses, Cicadas etc. The book will be heavily illustrated with an average of 3 colour photographs on a spread and occasional line drawings to show diagrammatically such things as life cycles. In addition to an introduction to each spread, there will be general information about the featured animal: how it's born, grows, feeds, sleeps, mates, socialises, defends itself and its territory, etc. Breakout boxes will provide fascinating snippets e.g.Why hollow-nesting birds' eggs are always white, how platypuses find food in the dark, why kangaroos hop rather than run, how frogs and geckos stick to glass, etc. The overall impression of the book will be that it's fun, informative and a useful reference for all the family, fitting easily into a daypack or a car pocket."--Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

UKM

Dewey number

591.994

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

QL338

LC item number

.E347 2009

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography