In I See a Kookaburra by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page (Houghton Mifflin, 2005), the authors show six unique habitats with eight animals. With first a two-page spread showing animals in the habitat and then a spread introducing the unique animals, the book becomes a seek-and-find book as the reader looks for the named animals in their habitats. A small note in the front also teaches that ants are found worldwide, so look for an ant on each page too!
Jenkin’s collage illustrations layer foliate over and around the animals, giving a three-dimensional look to the landscapes. The pond scene even shows wet, fibrous paper to make it look underwater. The unique habitats are labeled with the location of that specific place: the desert is in the American Southwest, the tide pool is on the southern coast of England, and the forest is in Western Australia, for example. Other habitats include a rainforest, a savanna, and a pond.
While each habitat page gives an action phrase about the illustrated animal, the end matter provides a more detailed paragraph about each one. I like how this book highlights specific unique habitats in a variety of biomes around the world.
