Face to Face With Animals Books

In order from Face to Face with Grizzlies to Face to Face with Cheetahs

picture • 32 Pages

Series

Book #1

Face to Face with Grizzlies

Written and illustrated by Joel Sartore

7 - 10

Reading age

Page count

May 8, 2007

Publication date

Hardcover

$16.95

$15.76

Summary

Ever been face-to-face with a grizzly bear? Joel Sartore has-and he lived to tell this and other great tales in Face to Face with Grizzlies. Through stunning photography and engaging storytelling, this National Geographic expert takes you into the bears’ world. Witness a mother bear charge a human intruder. Watch male bears battle. Find out the grizzly’s idea of a fast-food take-out. Joel Sartore invites young readers to coexist with this fearsome bear. With practical “how-to” sidebars, he shares secrets of photographing the bears in the field, tells how to find out more about their plight, and shows how we can all help in their fight for survival. Along with his vast experience and knowledge, Joel Sartore’s contagious passion for the grizzly shines through every page of this fascinating book.

Face to Face With Animals Series

Published from 2007 - 2008

2 books

picture • 32 Pages

Series

Hardcover

$16.95$15.76

picture • 32 Pages

Series

Library Binding

$25.90$24.61

Year	Title	Author	Pages
2007	Face to Face with Grizzlies	Joel Sartore	32
2008	Face to Face with Cheetahs	Chris Johns, Elizabeth Carney	32

The Creatives Behind the Books

Author & Illustrator

Joel Sartore

Author

Chris Johns

Chris Johns, former editor in chief of National Geographic magazine, was named Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 1979 while a staff photographer for The Topeka Capital-Journal. Before joining National Geographic in 1995 and becoming senior editor of illustrations in 2001, he worked as a freelance photographer for Life, Time, and National Geographic. The author of Valley of Life: Africa’s Great Rift, he lives with his family on a farm in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.

Author

Elizabeth Carney

Elizabeth Carney is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. She specializes in nonfiction children’s books and science, math, and STEM-related magazines. Her author credits include Everything Big Cats; Everything Dolphins; Great Migrations: Whales, Wildebeests, Butterflies, Elephants, and Other Amazing Animals on the Move; and several titles in the National Geographic Face to Face and Readers series.