Description

My First Book of Southern African Mammals introduces a fascinating cross-section of 58 fascinating species of mammals.  They come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, from tiny bats and mice to massive elephants and whales.  Every page is dedicated to a single mammal.  The colorful illustrations encourage you to read the text in one of the four different languages; English, Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa.

In the introduction; you find snippets of information:

• a general description of mammals
• describing their social environment and interaction
• what type of food they eat
• a means of identifying possible mammals
• an explanation of how to use the book

Every animal in the My First Book of Southern African Mammals, lists the following information:

• brief description of the mammal
• the gender of the illustrated mammals
• an icon indicates when the mammal is active
• an outline of their footprint or tracks
• what it eats
• one of 3 icons, (a hand, forearm or man) indicates the size of the mammal