Silver Dolphin Books Announces Fall 2008 New Title Addition to Exotic Field Guide Series Safari Animals

New Title Offers Young Explorers the Chance to Follow the Trail of Africa’s Most Majestic Animals.

Los Angeles, CA, May 30, 2008 --(PR.com)-- BookExpo America – Los Angeles Convention Center (Booth #2019) Silver Dolphin Books, a leading publisher of quality, innovative, interactive, and educational children’s books, announced today the Fall 2008 introduction of a new title addition to its Field Guide series, The Field Guide to Safari Animals. The series’ new title is scheduled to debut at retail stores in August 2008.

Silver Dolphin’s Field Guide series offers an exceptional experience for curious young pioneers who want to explore exotic places. Each journal chronicles an explorer’s journey and takes kids on an exhilarating expedition. As readers learn interesting facts about each animal, they can construct three-dimensional lifelike models to display. Every two-page spread comes with a different animal to assemble and an individual pouch to hold the pieces. A beautifully illustrated diorama, included in each book, sets the stage for a realistic backdrop for kids to use in creating their own museum-style exhibits.

The Field Guide to Safari Animals:
Young explorers will take the adventure of a lifetime with The Field Guide to Safari Animals. Inside this beautifully designed book, kids will discover the 1924 journal of fictional naturalist Rebecca Mayhew. Through her journal entries, they’ll read all about her exciting adventure across exotic Africa—from tracking lions in Nairobi to marveling at the birth of a baby giraffe in Botswana. Each page is filled with stunning photographs, maps, illustrations, and fascinating facts about Africa’s most spectacular animals. At the end of this incredible journey, kids can recreate animal scenes by setting up their own stunning display, featuring a cool diorama and 8 different animal models that they can assemble. (MSRP $15.95, ages 8 and up, 8 ¾” x 10 ¼“, 36 pages, full-color illustrations throughout)

Existing Field Guide Titles:
The Field Guide to Rain Forest Animals
Kids will embark on the adventure of a lifetime as they explore the Amazon Rain Forest and follow the trails of the jungle’s most magnificent creatures, including silent jaguars, leaping monkeys, and pink river dolphins. Both entertaining and educational, the book explains the difference between New World and Old World monkeys, how to detect the presence of a Dwarf Caiman crocodile, why Vampire Bats can walk and run, and more. This unique interactive journal is filled with photographs, maps, and detailed illustrations of eight interesting jungle animals. At the end of this book kids can continue the adventure by assembling their animals amidst a colorful diorama for their own museum-ready display. (MSRP $15.95, ages 8 and up, 8 ¾” x 10 ¼“, 36 pages, full-color illustrations throughout)

The Field Guide to Ocean Animals
Aspiring oceanographers will dive right into an underwater adventure where they’ll learn all about the ocean’s most magnificent creatures, including the powerful gray reef shark, the graceful-yet-deadly man-of-war, and the paralyzing blue-ringed octopus. Filled with incredible animal photographs, maps, interesting information and detailed illustrations, this guide will transport kids to another world. The adventure continues beyond the book’s pages offering readers the opportunity to assemble 8 different animals stored inside the pockets of each page and set up the diorama included for a stunning museum like display. (MSRP $15.95, ages 8 and up, 8 ¾” x 10 ¼“, 36 pages, full-color illustrations throughout)

The perfect gift idea for any occasion, Silver Dolphin's The Field Guide to Safari Animals will be available wherever fine books are sold beginning in August 2008. During BookExpo America (BEA) 2008 to be held May 29th through June 1st, The Field Guide to Safari Animals will be on view at Silver Dolphin’s Los Angeles Convention Center BEA booth #2019.

Held annually and produced by Reed Exhibitions, the world’s largest organizer of business-to-business events, BookExpo America (BEA) is North America’s leading book industry trade convention. Featuring more than 2,000 exhibitors from around the globe, BEA draws up to 30,000 book industry professionals annually, including leading industry editors, publishers, reviewers, and sellers. Among the broad range of books exhibited at BEA are general publishing, children’s books, audio/video, art, religion, spiritual/inspirational, travels/maps, international, professional/technical, university press, small press, as well as many more.

About Silver Dolphin Books:
San Diego, California based Silver Dolphin Books is the juvenile imprint of Advantage Publishers Group. Other Advantage Publishers Group imprints include Portable Press (publishers of the popular Uncle John’s Bathroom Readers series, with seven million copies in print) and Thunder Bay Press (publishers of quality nonfiction books in diverse categories ranging from cooking and sports to reference and history). Silver Dolphin Books publishes novelty and educational nonfiction books featuring bold, colorful, and striking titles that appeal to children and parents alike. With how-to and activity books for preschoolers through children 12 years of age, Silver Dolphin Books engage, enlighten, and entertain.

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