Kunal Kundu

Wildlife on Paper (eBook, PDF)

Animals at Risk Around the Globe

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Introducing the magnificent crumpled paper art by debut author Kunal Kundu, Wildlife on Paper brings to life animal species at risk from all around the world while teaching kids how cool and unique each animal is.

Amazon's Best Books of the Year (Children Nonfiction, 2020)
One of Society of Illustrator's Featured Artists in the Original Art 2021
Winner of a 2021 Eureka! Honor Award, presented by the California Reading Association
Gold Medal Recipient of the Moonbeam Spirit Awards, 2021
Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Children's Picture Book, Nonfiction, All Ages)
Winner of India's Best Design Awards 2021, presented by Design India

From the Peary caribou in Northwest Canada to the Galapagos Penguin in Ecuador, the Royal Bengal Tiger in India to the Hawksbill Sea Turtle in Australia, this book celebrates the rich diversity of wildlife on almost every continent. Each of the sixteen exquisitely handcrafted paper sculptures come with interesting trivia and facts about where the animal lives and how it survives in its habitat and interacts with nature. Also included is a map of where each creature lives on the globe, plus a list of helpful resources and the author's favorite nature conservation organizations.

Sure to be a favorite for kids and adults alike, Wildlife on Paper opens the world wide as you marvel at the gorgeous crumpled paper art journey through the ocean, forest, desert, and more to learn about the diversity of animals and their incredible characteristics.

(Please note the artist creates his sculptures sourced from eco-friendly paper companies that plant a tree for every ream of paper sold.)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: West Margin Press
• Seitenzahl: 40
• Altersempfehlung: ab 6 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781513264363
• Artikelnr.: 64159904

Autorenporträt

I was born and brought up in Calcutta (presently Kolkata), India. I lived in a place called Patuli, a suburban locality off the southern fringes of the city.

I grew up flying kites, playing cricket and many other out-door games with my friends in the green fields, dotted by ponds and small lakes near my home. Many kinds of trees surrounded the fields. There was even a small cemetery nearby that was so dense with trees and shrubs, it felt like a forest to me.

Having spent my childhood in such a green space allowed me to see many animals big and small from close quarters.

I grew up loving and caring for these animals. I spent hours looking at water buffaloes swimming in the pond by my home. Sometimes I dangled my feet outside the window as I watched the buffaloes.

I tried catching little fish from ditches and ponds with my hands. I used my mother's old saree (an Indian dress) as a net to catch the fish. If I managed to catch some, I kept them in my aquarium for a few days and then released them back in the water.

I watched vultures feeding and wondered how widespread their wings were. I went hungry many times so I could feed the local stray dogs and cats. I sparred and head-butted with the kid goats of my neighbors too.

I saw the glowing eyes of jackals during power cuts at nights. I saw mongoose, monitor lizards, different species of birds and snakes all around me.

This green heaven of the place that was my home is long gone now. Because of urbanization, the animals I saw during my childhood are nowhere to be found now.

I still care for animals. This book is my attempt to bring awareness of animal conservation to young people. I hope that future generations will see to it that the immense species diversity of this planet is never lost.

-Kunal Kundu