Habitats: A Journey in Nature

Each biome in the world is unique with its specific collection of flora and fauna. This book takes a look at six very different biomes: the rain forests of Borneo, the Namib Desert in southwestern Africa, the ocean off the eastern coast of Australia, the Black Forest in Germany, the Andes Mountains in South America, and Florida’s natural springs.

For each region, author Hannah Pang highlights several species with short paragraphs telling important aspects of their lives such as where they live, how they receive their nutrients, how they protect themselves, and more. Her writing is conversational and accessible for young readers.

Illustrator Isobel Lundie fills the pages with individual drawings of each subject as well as placing them in overall drawings of the biome. Her drawings are more stylized than realistic, but still, they are quite representative of the plant or animal. The colors she uses are rich and saturated and absolutely beautiful.

Each section has two or three pages that are not full size but cut to half, third, or quarter size. It adds a little extra interest for the readers. Young readers will want to spend time reading this book over and over.