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Wildlife of the World - Costa Rica
Paperback
Series: Wildlife of the World
AnimalsGeneral Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781917175135
Publisher: Natural Planet Books
Published: Sep 10 2025
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.14 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In this book in the 'Wildlife of the World' series, expert wildlife photographer Hugh Lansdown reveals some of the most interesting and unusual wildlife from the beautiful, tropical country of Costa Rica.
- Aimed at children from 8 to 13 years old (but suitable from 5 upwards and fascinating at any age!)
- Over 70 high resolution colour photos of Costa Rican animals.
- Wildlife extras challenge! Spot dozens of extra animals hidden throughout the book (with answers at the back).
- Discussion of wildlife conservation in Costa, the challenges and successes.
- Includes a section for each of Costa Rica's main habitats with photos of some of the special animals that live there, pictured in natural settings.
- Special sections for iconic Costa Rican animals such as cloud forest birds, leafcutter ants and capuchin monkeys.
- Interesting (and often surprising!) facts about each of the animals and how they live.
- Links to many short on-line video clips, slideshows and sound recordings unique to this book.
- Link to an on-line interactive map showing different cities, habitats and the national parks where many of the photos were taken.
- Sneaky Animals... that sneaked into the book when the author wasn't looking!
- See sample pages on Hugh Lansdown's website.
The fascinating, tropical country of Costa Rica is one of the most biodiverse in the world, and one of the most successful at conserving its wildlife. The first to eliminate deforestation, over a quarter of the land is now covered in forest ranging from dry tropical forest in the north, mangroves in the east, cloud forest in the central mountains and humid tropical rainforest in the west. Together, they provide homes for an incredible range of wildlife from sleepy sloths and noisy monkeys in the tree-tops to huge tapirs and stealthy ocelot on the forest floor... as a well as a huge range of weird and wonderful birds, amphibians, reptiles and insects!
Conserving the incredible wildlife we share our planet with is one of the most important tasks the young generation are going to be faced with. This book has been carefully designed to grab their attention in the chaotic, modern digital world, educate them about the amazing creatures that live here and enthuse them with the desire to find out more!
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