Description:
This is a juvenile non-fiction book activity book (5 to 11 years), the fourth in a series for junior primary school students reinforces the knowledge gain in the first 3 books in the series. It's not just a colouring book but incorporates interesting facts about the birds and animals featured. There are 51 pages in the book with colouring in on alternate pages to ensure the ink or colours doesn't bleed through to the next page.
- Educates children on interesting facts about animals and birds.
- Simple clear illustration for the children to colour ... not too difficult so children do not lose concentration.
- Outlines for 20 different birds, animals and insects.
- Touches on what birds eat and gives some interesting facts for children to remember.
- Develops fine motor skills by improving their hand-eye coordination and grip.
- Allows children to be creative.
Brief description: Jenny Dyer lives on a small property outside Gympie. She started her career as a teacher and then moved in a successful desktop publishing and colour printing business, as well as a horse sports photographer even publishing a successful rodeo book called RODEO DOWNUNDER in July 2008.She has now turned her hand to photographing nature and wildlife, mainly birds, on her property when she walks each day, hence the name WALKING WITH WILDLIFE.She recently homeschooled her grandson teaching him photography skills, as well as techniques to get close to birds to photograph them. They also photograph the small wildlife like spiders, insects, lizards and snakes as well as animals like koalas and kangaroos.With all this experience she has compiled a very simple colouring book as a companion to the first three books in the Walking in Wildlife series designed to educate young children aged 4 to 9 (and some adults) how to observe nature.
Review Quotes:
"I think simple colouring in can be good. Sometimes if it's too complicated, the girls lose interest. These were a good amount of time that they could focus on them. The text up the top is cool too so they can colour that in also."