Synopses & Reviews
A delightful small-format book that will appeal to butterfly enthusiasts young and old, with vivid images by the leading butterfly photographer and texts by preeminent writers in the field. This chunky small-format gift book-432 pages, hardcover-features exquisite full-page pictures of 200 butterflies from around the world, accompanied by text that is informative and engaging, including essays on butterfly migration, butterflies and the environment, gardening, and watching and collecting butterflies. The selection of butterflies is arranged by location, from the Arctic Circle to rainforests, woodlands, grasslands, and deserts. Species in the book include butterflies from India, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ireland, Russia, New Guinea, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, and many North American favorites.
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"This photographic peek into lepidorptera land unveils a world of astonishing and visual delights" Los Angeles Times
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"This beautifully designed and produced book...inspires you to go out and look for butterflies yourself." Communiqué: American Zoo & Aquarium Association
Synopsis
This chunky small-format gift book432 pages, hardcoverfeatures exquisite full-page pictures of 200 butterflies from around the world, accompanied by text that is informative and engaging, including essays on butterfly migration, butterflies and the environment, gardening, and watching and collecting butterflies.
The selection of butterflies is arranged by location, from the Arctic Circle to rainforests, woodlands, grasslands, and deserts. Species in the book include butterflies from India, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ireland, Russia, New Guinea, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, and many North American favorites.
About the Author
Brian Cassie has traveled to five continents to observe and study butterflies. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the North American Butterfly Association and is the author of a dozen books and numerous articles about butterflies and other natural history topics.
Robert Michael Pyle has written ten books, including Wintergreen (Sasquatch, 2001), winner of the John Burroughs medal for Distinguished Nature Writing, and Nabokov's Butterflies: Unpublished and Uncollected Writings (Beacon 2000), which was excerpted in the Atlantic Monthly.
Kjell Sandved has been a natural history photographer for over 30 years. He is the author of the popular children's book The Butterfly Alphabet. His photographs have appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian, and dozens of natural history books.