The Book of Animals

In this book more than 275 animals, wild and domestic, tell interesting, educational, and entertaining stories. They give factual information about their habitats, their family life and history, their eating habits, and much more. Woven into the text are references to familiar nursery rhymes and fairy tales, historical information about the animals' ancestors, with several references to Biblical animals. There are beautiful color photographs of all the animals. Often the stories contain humorous comments by the animals.