Outside: Discovering Animals is a nonfiction book for middle grade and older readers written by Maria Ana Peixe Dias and Inês Teixeira do Rosário, with illustrations by Bernardo P. Carvalho. Whether you live in the country or the city, nature is still all around you, so what are we waiting for? It's time to jump off the couch and discover the animals that live on your doorstep. Created in collaboration with a team of experts, this comprehensive guide includes suggestions for activities and many illustrations to help the whole family get started, leave the house, and go out to discover – or simply admire – the amazing world that exists outside.

Outside: Discovering Animals is an in depth look at the world around us, with detailed explanations and illustrations to ensure that an engaged reader can take in the information. This is not a casual reading volume, rather a targeted resource tolead young readers and families to better understand nature, and be able to recognize the signs of wildlife in both city and country settings. This is a perfect book for those that camp often and interested in understanding and tracking the wildlife around them. The book is well organized with suggestions and activities to try, and well as tidbits of extra information that might not be crucial but is certainly interesting. I would have liked to see some real photographs rather than just the illustrations, even though some of them were very detailed and well labeled. It could have also used an index or glossary, to help readers focus in on information that might need to help identify a specific animals, insect, or print.

Outside: Discovering Animals is a good, but not perfect, resource for young naturalists and their families. It has much useful information but I was expecting a little more from the read.

A lovely little book that works well at persuading the next generation to head outside and research the world around them.
This is filled with charming little ideas and has a real retro feel to it. I could picture myself reading this as a child myself and would enjoy sharing it with young readers today.

Outside: Discovering Animals was a charming introduction to exploring nature. There were sections on tracks and signs of animal activity, followed by sections on different groups of animals like insects and amphibians. The artwork reminded me a great deal of that found in Shel Silverstein's books, the drawings simple yet useful. I found everything to be very informative and science-oriented, and there are activities to try scattered throughout. My cubs and I read the together and we all enjoyed it. I even learned some new things myself! Like, I had no idea amphibians also shed their skins like reptiles. This is perfect for nature and outdoors oriented kids.

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We are all trying to offer nature to our children and grandchildren, this book should be on every classroom and personal bookshelf, to have the resource to get our children outside and off the computer screens to see what is beautiful right out your front door and back yard.

Fantastic book for discovering the animal world around us! Full of information and simple drawings to explain the how and why of animals (Why do beetles have different types of legs? Who left this footprint?). This is a great book to pull out during summer break! I took 1 star off for the lack of color detail, the style isn't quite my taste but over all a great book!

Thank you NetGalley and Lincoln Children's Books for an advanced copy of this book.

First part is about tracking animals by following clues. Then it goes into bugs. Ugh. I found the amphibian section most interesting.
The presentation is kinda boring. Maybe it’s the lack of bright colors compared to other books like these. The drawings are really simple! Some are simple sketches, others have color.
It’s fine as far as facts go, but I didn’t get much fun out of it. I don’t think this’ll keep kids that interested.

With so many great illustrations and lots of info on many different animals, where to find them, and what to look for....your child can be a real nature detective! ;)

I received a digital copy of this book for my honest review, and I have to say that I am considering purchasing a hard copy for our library. It is really cute...and very well done. The graphics are really appealing to the eye. 208 pages of illustrations and animal information. Any kid would love to have this book!

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Informative and illustrative love the contrast of black and the pinks.

Overall: This is a great resource for in the classroom or in the family bookshelf. Amazon lists this as a K-3 resource. It could be to explore imagery or work through the text. But to me this feels and reads for more 3rd and up? I could be wrong and it depends on your younging. But it's a good group/family read ..to go along with exploring the outside world.

The best way to get a kid intereted in science is to make it something they want to know about. Something as simple as finding out about the world in their garden or a park. When they find a feather, finding out where that feature came from.

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It goes from being just stuff on the ground, to traces of things left behind. This book talks about poop, of course, scat, that animals leave behind, that tell so much about them. Owls leave balls of the parts of the animals they can't digest. You also learn about not only "foot" prints, but snake prints, that tell you how they slithered.

Ah, but what if you live in the city. There aren't so many animals there. The book covers that as well.

The only issue I have with this book is that it is East of the Rockies specific, when it talks about being able to see fireflies anywhere. A little rewriting could have saved that mention.


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'Outside: Discovering Animals' by Maria Ana Peixe Dias and Inês Teixeira do Rosário with illustrations by Bernardo P. Carvalho is a book for young naturalists looking at their world.

My review copy included about half of the book, but it was a pretty good sense of what the book offered. My copy started with the kinds of clues that animals leave behind, like partially chewed food, or feathers, tracks or pathways. It moved on to discovering about bugs and critters. There were encouragements to examine and document things like ant behavior or catching worms. My section ended on frogs and toads and how to tell anura and urodela apart (hint: it's the tail, or lack thereof).

The illustrations are good. The book itself is pretty good, but the layout and font was a bit on the small side. This would make a good book for curious children wondering about the critters in their garden and yard.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Quarto Publishing Group - Frances Lincoln Childrens, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

If you’re looking for a fun read that will make your kids want to get outside this summer, then check out Outside: Discovering Animals. The book walks kids through all of the clues they can look for (like feathers, footprints, tracks, chewed on pine cones, etc.) to find all sorts of animals whether you live in a city or in the country!

Summer is in full swing and OUTSIDE: DISCOVERING ANIMALS provides a splendid resource for kids and adults to explore creatures outdoors. Fun graphics offset the easy-to-read text on how to find animals’ habitats and track their activities through such signs as spoor, half-eaten pine cones and footprints. 5/5 for beautiful illustrations and loads of useful info!

Grateful to the Quarto Publishing Group - Frances Lincoln Children’s and NetGalley for the early copy, in exchange for my true review.

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With the ever developing technology and the population's migration towards urban areas, less and less children are directly exposed to nature and wildlife. Due to this unfortunate process, they are getting isolated from the original nature of man: with every generation we know less and less about the world that surrounds us. While our ancestors were able to read the sings animals left behind, how many of us could boast with possessing that skill now?

"Outside: Discovering Animals" combines expertise with simplicity to remind the younger generation of the forgotten knowledge of seeing, noticing and understanding of such clues as different types of feathers bird leave behind and the footprints of different animals. It teaches us the difference between frogs and toads, and by talking about worms and insects, it also raises awareness (and respect) for life in every form. This book is great companion to raise a bunch of small Gerald Durrells!

One thing, though: I wasn't really a fan of the light blue and pink texts. I think that depending on the type of paper the book is printed on, these can be hard to read.

Huh. So snails have teeth and love darts and some Firefly eggs shine. You learn something new every day.
The is a cute little book about discovering animals hidden outside that kids aren't even aware of exist in their backyard.

The illustrations are cute but simple. I don't quite like the font in this book - it's all like reading a Microsoft Word document instead of a children's book. But I do like the spatial orietnation between the illustrations and written parts. The alternating pink and white in the illustrations is very creative.

However, the information in this little book is very interesting and would be very nice for an American child to have, especially if they like nature.

I'm just not sure whether teaching children how to track for snakes is such a good idea. I feel like this book needs to emphasise the dangers of certain animals and it doesn't. At least some tips are given, like not interfering with nature's course, but the book feels a little naive in that it doesn't give any warnings against kids just running outside in nature unsupervised.

I like how the author relates a child's life to help them understand the animals and insects. There are some interesting explanations on anthills, squirrels and all others. There are some cute tips on how to attract all sorts of critters.

I also enjoy how ecosystems are portrayed:

This a very informative and creative book, but it fell a little flat for me in the end due to its lacklustre font and sometimes naive way of thinking. I definitely learnt a thing or two, though.

Very informative book written on a childs level about following the signs to learn about the animals around us. The books focuses on 100 animal species and how to tell if they live around where you are. Now personally I would gibe this book to a child say 8 years and up but I would not send them out into the weeds and woods on their own. Some of these animals will hurt the kids if they happened across them. I do appreciate that the book tells you to just look and do not touch.

The book is very interesting. It give tons of facts on the animals featured. Like with Worms for instance. The book explains how they move with no legs. Do they have noses, hearts, lungs? What do they eat? What eats them? Where they live and how they live. All of this and more in 4 short pages.

I really like the illustrations. Some are cartoonish others give you a good look at the animal. The whole book is done in black, white, and hot pink. They really catch your eye.

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This was such a fun book to read and explore. It contained so many fascinating wild life facts that made it such a fun and resourceful read. Thank you NetGallet for allowing me to write about this fun book.

What a fun book for kids! They will learn, without realizing it! I sat and read through this book, and plan to get a copy that my kids can use this coming fall.

There are so many interesting facts here, and I found myself learning while reading through it! Kids of all ages will have fun reading this book! Add this to your must-have list! This is a book that they can use again and again!

Welcome to the fascinating natural world of bugs, flies and many more! Learn how to read the signs left through nature, recognize different animal traces or various bugs. Written for a curious audience of 8+, the book has a scientific background and appealing illustrations. Especially during the summer camping, such a book offers a lot of ideas for interesting outdoor activities and adventures. I personally devoured most of the book, as it shares many insights about the natural world I was not aware at all before reading it.

Love this book! The information is great -- informative as well as interesting. The illustrations are perfectly added as well. This is a nice guidebook to always have on hand for general knowledge as well as when camping or hiking.

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Really cute book. Simple, well labeled pictures that aide children in exploring the world. Bright colors on a black and white background really draw your eye. Refreshingly simple, and complex at the same time this is a great tool for children to have fun learning with.

I received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.