New book alleged "exquisite anniversary of the adorable koala" by abominable able Jack Hanna.
San Mateo, CA -- Koala Jo Publishing today appear the absolution of its title, KOALAS: MOVING PORTRAITS OF SERENITY, edited by Joanne Ehrich, with exordium by Deborah Tabart, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation and an afterword by Jack Hanna, America's admired television naturalist and host of the "Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures" television series. The colossal album is the aboriginal of its affectionate and promises to be the a lot of admirable book of koala photographs anytime published, with 315 accurate plates by 120 photographers from 24 countries.
The new year brings new achievement to extenuative the koala’s endangered habitat. As Jack Hanna explains in the title, "[We are aswell aperture a new affiliate in their approaching on earth. Remember the agitating words of African ecologist Baba Dioum: 'In the end, we will adulation alone what we understand; and we will accept alone what we accept been taught.'" KOALAS: MOVING PORTRAITS OF SERENITY gives readers a attenuate glimpse into the koala's abstruse world, and accordingly new compassionate and affection for one of the world's a lot of admired animals. More than agreeable the alone reader, a allocation of sales gain from this book account the Australian Koala Foundation to abutment their efforts.
The book anxiously selects accompanying camera sequences to accomplish the animals appear breath by suggesting movements, anecdotic a apple affluent with surprises. The photographs are abiding aural sections that bare altered aspects of this marsupial. "The Allure of Koalas" sets the arena by exploring the different allure that has aggressive so abounding photographers. "Life Cycle" focuses on koalas' gender aspects, complemented by portraits of adolescent koalas. "Characteristics" appearance its abnormal concrete ancestry and observations. "Types" explains little accepted differences amid the three kinds of koalas. "Feeding" data this creature's aberrant bistro habits and beddy-bye patterns. "Single Photographs" offers un-themed beheld desserts in the anatomy of individual images.
The koala is both peaceful and serene and is artful as it is charming—leaving humans delighted, touched, and absorbed with its alluring presence. The new photography art appellation reveals abstruse facts about koalas, such as:
· The Australian Koala Foundation has delivered specific accurate affirmation that koalas ability abandon from Australia’s eastern beach aural fifteen years. The Koala Habitat Atlas has won a celebrated Computerworld Smithsonian Award out of 400 entrants in its category.
· There are three types of koalas. While they accord to the aforementioned species, they accept altered concrete ancestry based on acclimate factors alternating their geographic range. This is accepted as a kline.
· Koalas accept two thumbs and are the alone non-primates (human or ape) with different fingerprints.
As a result, KOALAS: MOVING PORTRAITS OF SERENITY gives new insights about this affable Australian built-in with amazing visuals, earning a abode on the bookshelves of animal- and nature-lovers alike.
About the Authors:
Joanne Ehrich lives in San Mateo, California, area she works as a bartering artist and illustrator. She has abounding photography barter academy and holds a University amount in printmaking. Joanne has created abundant etchings, lithographs, and monotype prints, as able-bodied as painting of animals and landscapes.
Deborah Tabart is the CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation. Under her advice the Australian Koala Foundation has developed into an internationally accustomed accurate alignment acceptable a celebrated Computerworld Smithsonian Medal for arete in mapping koala habitat.
Jack Hanna, accepted host of the hit TV series, "Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures" and columnist of several books, is one of the United States’ a lot of admired naturalists and adventurers. He actively supports attention programs common through his abounding civic media appearances, his television series, and position as Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo in Ohio. He is a approved bedfellow on shows including "Good Morning America," "Larry King Live," "The Late Show with David Letterman," "Hollywood Squares," and "The Maury Povich Show."
Order Information
KOALAS: MOVING PORTRAITS OF SERENITY, by Joanne Ehrich; ISBN: 0976469804; hardcover, 260 Pages; 315 photos; May 1, 2006; $45 USD / $60 AUD; Koala Jo Publishing, San Mateo, CA, USA; www.koalajo.com. Australian distribution: Bookwise International; (8) 8268 8222; www.bookwise.com.au. The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF); (07) 3229 7233; www.savethekoala.com. United States barter administration through Ingram, Baker & Taylor and AtlasBooks; 1-800-BOOKLOG; atlasbooks.com.
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