My First Book of Wild Animals

This book created by the National Wildlife Federation uses bold photographs to introduce 19 wild animals (20 if you count the snowy owl on the back cover). Each page or spread features a dramatic photograph of an animal and its name; though the names are the only text, the images speak volumes, from the power of a rhinoceros as it thunders toward readers to the background-blurring speed of an eagle in flight. Even the porcupine on the last page looks genuinely surprised that the book is over. Simultaneously available: My First Book of Baby Animals. Up to age 3. (Feb.)