Counting Lions - Hardcover

McKenna, Virginia; Cotton, Katie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847807216 ISBN 13: 9781847807212

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2015

Synopsis

An art-inspired gift that makes learning to name and explore wildlife a family adventure. Larger-than-life black and white drawings are paired with poetic texts that reveal the ways in which endangered creatures including lions, elephants, giraffes, tigers, gorillas, penguins, Ethiopian wolves, macaws, turtles and zebras live on Earth. Artworks by wildlife artist Stephen Walton are rendered in charcoal and give little ones the chance to get up close and personal with nature's wildest creatures. Virginia McKenna actress and wildlife campaigner has written a foreword which urges us to look at the beauty of these animals and do all we can to save them. A 5% royalty will be donated to her Born Free foundation.

About this title

Review:

"This looks stunning: get up close and personal with some of nature’s wildest creatures in spectacular full-page drawings."

Selected for the non-fiction category in the Children’s Previews.

'These striking drawings enthral - there could not be a more pleasurable way of learning to count from one to 10 while discovering about animals along the way . . . a splendid book'

"This looks stunning: get up close and personal with some of nature’ s wildest creatures in spectacular full-page drawings."

Selected for the non-fiction category in the Children’ s Previews.

'These striking drawings enthral - there could not be a more pleasurable way of learning to count from one to 10 while discovering about animals along the way . . . a splendid book'

From the Author:

VIRGINIA MCKENNA OBE starred in the iconic film Born Free with her husband Bill Travers before setting up Zoo Check in 1984. Zoo Check later became the registered charity The Born Free Foundation, which takes action around the world to rescue vulnerable animals from appalling lives of misery in tiny cages in zoos, and give them lifetime care in spacious bush sanctuaries. As well as travelling extensively around the world in her work with Born Free, Virginia has authored many books and speaks at numerous events, while supporting many other charitable organisations. 

KATIE COTTON studied English at Oxford University before becoming an editor and author of children's books. She lives and works in London.

STEPHEN WALTON is a self-taught, award-winning artist who works as Supervisor at Bury Art Museum in Manchester, UK. After studying Geography at Manchester University, his artwork developed alongside his love of taking photographs, which resulted in his very particular style and method: when he is out and about he takes photographs which he then draws from at home. His incredible charcoal artworks can take up to a month to complete. Counting Lions is his first fully illustrated book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1847807216
• ISBN 13: 9781847807212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Walton Stephen