Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures - Kwame Alexander, Joel Sartore, Mary Rand Hess

Nature lovers will flock to The Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures (National Geographic, $15.99). This stunning partnership between photographer Joel Sartore, Newbery Medal winner and local hero Kwame Alexander, and collaborators Mary Rand Hess and Deanna Nikaido celebrates the beauty of the animal kingdom and issues a clarion call to protect myriad irreplaceable species. All ages.