Title: My First Book of Southern African Wildlife
Author: Peter Apps, Bill Branch, Erroll Cuthbert, Charmaine Uys
Illustrator: Jennifer Schaum
Genre: Wildlife
Publisher: Struik Publishers
Imprint: Struik Nature
Cape Town, South Africa 2009
ISBN 9781770078574 / ISBN 978-1-77007-857-4
Softcover, 21 x 28 cm, 196 pages, 175 illustrations, parallel texts in English, Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa
My first book of Southern African wildlife introduces children to a selection of southern Africa's most commonly seen and fascinating wildlife species. Divided into three sections, the title covers 58 mammals, 58 birds and 56 reptiles. Striking full-colour illustrations are accompanied by brief descriptions in four languages (English, Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa), and there are visual clues to diet, size and habitat of each creature.