This book is beautifully illustrated and contains brief descriptions of wildlife found in the American swampland. It has great descriptions of how the wildlife lives in that environment.

I enjoyed reading this book. While it might be over simplified in the descriptions of the swampland, that is acceptable and to be expected in a children's illustrated book. ( )

The best thing about "Wild and Swampy" was the illustrations -- they did a good job of capturing the feeling of the swamp. The text coincided with the illustrations and gave a personal narrative of the author's time exploring the swamp. His illustrations were created from actual scenes he saw on his trips through the swamps. The book did an excellent job of showing the diversity of wildlife that lives in the swamp and how they live.

If I were teaching younger students, I would definitely have this book available to them. I think the illustrations would really draw them in and get them interested about the animals.

This would be a great book for Louisiana history or even learning about different geographical areas. It teaches you many things about the swamp, and it would be great to teach to children that live close to swamps. This would be great to read if they were to go on a Swamp Tour field trip, that way they would know what to look out for. ( )

One of my favorite books, Jim Arnosky is a talented author/illustrator emersing the reader into his world where ever his travels take him. His pen and ink sketches make you feel as if you walked through the swamps along his side with a birds eye view. His narrative helps you see the animals, vegetation and insects of the swamps through his experience.

a mysterious trip through the swamps