Books with title Beautiful Moments in the Wild: Animals and Their Colors

A beautiful pink flamingo curves its long neck close to its body, a green red-eyed tree frog rests quietly on a rainforest leaf, and a school of orange bigeyes swims gracefully together in the ocean reef. These captivating photographs from some of the world's leading wildlife photographers are a way to teach children about the animals of the wild. The stunning photos illustrate the idea that all living creatures—animals and humans—wear different colors.

This collection of images by some of the world’s leading wildlife photographers uses vivid photographs to introduce young children to the dazzling multitude of colors in the natural world. A neck-arching pink flamingo; a quiet, resting, red-eyed tree frog; and a school of orange bigeyes swimming gracefully through an ocean reef are some of the featured pictures that capture the beautiful colors of the animal kingdom. Storybook-like captions encourage beginning readers to make connections between the pictures and words on the page, promoting literacy along with an appreciation of the natural world’s beauty.

The captivating, real-life images in this celebration of the natural world introduce young children to the diversity of animal habitats around the globe. Some of the world's leading wildlife photographers capture the beauty and tranquility of a koala resting comfortably in an Australian eucalyptus forest, penguin families gathering on the icebergs of Antarctica, and an elf owl peeking out of its nest in a saguaro cactus. The simple prose encourages early readers to connect the colorful photographs with the accompanying text, as they sound out words and describe the animals and their domiciles. Whether they are pictures of general regions such as the savannah or the rainforest, or of specific homes, including a cave and a beehive, the images in this collection show children that all living creatures—both animals and humans—live in special places they call home.