Thank you Netgalley for this chance to read and review this book!

It is hard to give feedback on what is essentially an art book when the file provided to me was as bad as it was. I haven't seen such badly compressed images since before the age of flat computer screens. This included odd pixelation and discoloration. But, considering this was an Netgalley ARC read I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and kindly ignore that part.

That being said, this was a fun little non-fiction animal book aimed toward kids. Dividing the animals into groups such as "long necked" and "architects". Something that would have sparked curiosity and delights to myself as a kid.

I'm not sure what I feel about the endangered part which features several pages of endangered animals that was depicted as crying. Raising awareness of this from young is important and I understand the message but it turned what was at first a whimsical and fun little book to something a little more sad (Why did they have to be crying?).

In a field where there are countless similar animal books aimed at children, this one didn't stand out that much. I enjoyed it, but I'm not so sure I'd buy it as a gift to an young family member.