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Collected in this book are stunning full-page photographs of the world’s most beautiful butterflies. Included are species from Brazil, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Africa, Ireland, and Russia, as well as favorites from Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
Principal photographer Kjell Sandved has traveled the globe for over forty years to observe and photograph butterflies. The result is one of the most extraordinary photographic collections of butterflies ever created. Each featured species is accompanied by fascinating details of its life cycle, appearance, migration, behavior, and conservation status by expert Brian Cassie.
A passionate foreword by acclaimed nature writer Robert Michael Pyle celebrates the diversity of butterflies and addresses concerns about the destruction of butterfly habitats.
A World of Butterflies is the ideal gift book for all butterfly lovers or anyone who appreciates the beauty and amazing variety of these intriguing creatures.
“The wonderful fact is, you don’t have to go to exotic or tropical locales to have mind-blowing butterfly visions. For butterflies live, with the exception of Antarctica, all over the world from rain forests to vacant lots. And the smallest, plainest ones offer brilliance and beauty quite up to that of the tropical dazzlers, for anyone willing to look closely. These are the fits, and the welcome surprise, that this remarkable book brings.” – From the Forward by Robert Michael Pyle
• Hardcover
• 432 pages
• 245 color photos
• Authors: Brian Cassie, Kjell Sandved, & Robert Michael Pyle
From the Publisher
A delightful small-format book that will appeal to butterfly enthusiasts young and old, with vivid images by the leading butterfly photographer and texts by preeminent writers in the field.
This chunky small-format gift book—432 pages, hardcover—features exquisite full-page pictures of 200 butterflies from around the world, accompanied by text that is informative and engaging, including essays on butterfly migration, butterflies and the environment, gardening, and watching and collecting butterflies.
The selection of butterflies is arranged by location, from the Arctic Circle to rainforests, woodlands, grasslands, and deserts. Species in the book include butterflies from India, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ireland, Russia, New Guinea, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, and many North American favorites. Kjell Sandved is a natural history photographer whose photographs have appeared in National Geographic, and he is the author of the popular children's book The Butterfly Alphabet. Brian Cassie is on the board of directors of the North American Butterfly Association and is the author of a dozen books and numerous articles about butterflies and other natural history topics.
About the Authors: Brian Cassie, Kjell Sandved, & Robert Michael Pyle
Brian Cassie has traveled to five continents to observe and study butterflies. He is on the board of directors of the North American Butterfly Association and is the author of many books about natural history. He lives in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
Kjell Sandved has been a natural history photographer for over 40 years. His award-winning work has appeared in dozens of books and magazines. He recently retired as a naturalist and researcher at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Robert Michael Pyle has written eleven books, including including Wintergreen, Nabokov’s Butterflies: Unpublished and Uncollected Writings, and Butterflies of Cascadia. He lives in Grays River, Washington.
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