Animalia product reviews

This book is an absolute classic. I remember when it first came to our primary school library, and having to go on the waiting list to be able to borrow it. And it has stood the test of time.

With its absolutely gorgeous illustrations. Every creature in perfect realistic detail, and full colour. You can't help but pour over each page for hours, looking for all the things to be found. And on each reading finding more and more animals, solving more of the puzzles the author has in store for you.

This book is truly a treasure. The price is a pretty standard price for a good picture book and what you have here is an excellent picture book. I wouldn't hesitate to purchase this for my kids, or as a gift. Amazing value.

Do you enjoy puzzles? Then this is a book well worth checking out. Every page is chocker full with Graeme's beautiful artwork, and you could easily spend a good 15 minutes (and often a LOT more - very easy to lose track of time with a book like this!!) on each page, searching for all of the items hidden in amongst it all, all beginning with the same letter. Can you find them all?? How do you know you've found EVERY single object?? Can you find the young author hidden in each page?? You won't necessarily find all of him on every page. This is a book that will keep you searching for ages, and every time you look over a page, you'll most likely find something you didn't spot last time. An absolutely fantastic book, filled with many examples of alliteration and humourous situations ('Richly Robed Rhinoceroses Riding In Rickety Red Rickshaws' for example), for bored kids during school holidays or those long car journeys as well - my son loves searching the pages to see just what he can find and we quite often have a competition to see who can find the most. I definitely prefer Base's books over "Where's Wally?" books any day!! I would recommend that every parent have at least one of Base's books in their collection - I plan on getting all of them!