北极熊在冰上玩耍，老虎在丛林中狩猎，萤火虫在夜空中闪烁，夜莺在林中歌唱。生物无处不在。这本书带你认识大到蓝鲸，小到大黄蜂蝙蝠，以及体型介于二者之间的一切地球生物。

A dazzling collection of poems, featuring over fifty different kinds of animals from all around the world.

Nicola Davies, the award-winning author of A First Book of Nature, presents a spellbinding treasury of poems about the animal world, illustrated in breathtaking detail by Petr Horacek. Polar bears playing on the ice, tigers hunting in the jungle, fireflies twinkling in the evening sky and nightingales singing in the heart of the woods – there are animals everywhere. From blue whales to bumblebee bats and everything in between, A First Book of Animals takes you all over the planet to visit all kinds of different creatures. This book is a glorious celebration of life in the wild in all its variety and splendour, and belongs on every child's bookshelf.