curious critters :: leaping, flying and coming your way! {giveaway}

Lions and tigers and bear, oh my! Well, not really. But there are many critters in this great book! Having a love for photography, when I first read the description of the book I knew that I wanted a copy to share with you all. The pictures in this book are taken by a photographer. And oh the detail, it’s simply outstanding. Having three little princesses in my house, we don’t have the opportunity to see a lot of bugs up close and personal. So when I am looking at the pictures in Curious Critters, I get the heebie jeebies a little bit because the pictures are just so close, so detailed, so spectacular! Please take a second and read the following, it’s a great description of the book.  Why re-create when they have already said it so well 🙂“In his children’s picture book CURIOUS CRITTERS…David FitzSimmons turns his camera on a variety of animals common throughout North America. CURIOUS CRITTERS presents stunning images of everyday animals, including a red flat bark beetle, an Eastern spiny softshell turtle, a spotted salamander, and many other intriguing creatures. Each Curious Critter is photographed against a white backdrop, showcasing the animals’ colors, textures, and shapes with precision and clarity. Along with each photo is a vignette, told from the critter’s perspective, that educates and entertains. For example, a bush katydid explains her bubblegum-pink color, a poetic opossum opines upon her often-shortened name, and a far-from-modest black swallowtail butterfly lets readers in on her secret for avoiding predators.”
“When parents read CURIOUS CRITTERS with their kids not only will they have fun reading, but they also inspire in them a life-long interest in nature. Kids will want to swap TV and video games for a trips to the park or more time in the backyard. So, get ready to have a budding biologist on your hands!”

Just some of what kids will learn:

• What turtles and humans have in common
• Why black swallowtail butterflies impersonates their toxic cousins
• How Eastern box turtles can live longer than humans (over 150 years!)
• If squirrels can fly
• Why crayfish grow new legs
• How bats find food
• Why frogs sing
• How jumping spiders jump and why they never have to look over their shoulders.

ABOUT DAVID FITZSIMMONS
David FitzSimmons is a freelance photographer and writer as well as a university professor. He photographs and writes for various magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, PopularPhotography, and Shutterbug, newspapers, and online publications, and his over-100 calendar credits include numerous titles by BrownTrout and Barnes & Noble. Curious Critters is David’s first children’s picture book.

Curious Critters :: $19.95

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