In his new book for children, Steve Bloom has focused his camera onfourteen species of wild animal families: bears, cheetahs, chimpanzees,elephants, giraffes, gorillas, hippos, lions, orangutans, pandas, penguins,rhinos, seals, and zebras.<br /><br />Each family is featured over four pages, and the broad array of subjectsis guaranteed to entice and amuse young readers. The photographsexplore every facet of family life, from feeding and grooming to playingand hunting.<br /><br />Entertaining and lively texts by children's author David HenryWilson accompany the entries and explain anything and everything ofinterest: why hippo families like to wallow in mud, what noises babygiraffes make, and why you should always look at a zebra's ears.