From leaping lemurs to slippery seasnakes, this lively fact-filled book introduces young readers to the fascinating world of wild animals.

Easy to follow instructions on shading, perspective, light effects, and other basic principles explain how to make pictures really lifelike. Once these are mastered, coloring adds the finishing touches in paints, pastels, chalks, and crayons.

Fun and informaative, THE EARTH is crammed with facts about volcanoes, rivers, deserts, rain forests, mountains, oceans, and the weather - plus it takes you right inside our planet!

Describes parts of a well-known animal and invites the reader to identify it.