Just a book I picked up at the library because of the pretty cover. Let's have a look.
In this book, Dieter Braun shows us the many wild animals that live on the northern hemisphere. Each is showcased in beautiful illustrations, sometimes accompanied by short information about the species.
This book is worth reading just for the visuals alone. Braun's art style is super unique and it looks gorgeous. He depicts the animals beautifully and it this book was overall just a treat for the eyes. Some animals even get multiple illustrations per species, something I really liked. I'm particularly fond of how Braun does front-facing headshots such as on the cover, those often were the most detailed and looked the very best. But the other illustrations looked great as well!
Where I do have a problem is with some of the text. If you want to read this book for animal information you're probably at the wrong address. There's barely any actual information about the animals depicted aside from one or two fun facts, and not even every species has text accompanying them. And when they do, it's very bare bones and only a paragraph at most.
I also spotted at least one wrong fact in here, regarding the wolves, of course. This book, while not explicitly using the term "alpha", "beta" and "omega" still uses dominance theory for wolf packs which is long-debunked.
So overall this is a beautifully illustrated book for younger readers, however I don't recommend it if you want actual information about the animals depicted. There is barely any information for them (heck, a lot of them don't even have a paragraph dedicated to them at all) and the little information we do get is way too bare bones and lacking in depth. So this is a beautiful book for the pictures, but lacking in substance text-wise.
Rating: 3.5/5
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