MY WILD LIFE

The creator of numerous books about animals and animal families (Baby Animals With Their Families, 2018, etc.) now looks back at her life and work in hopes of capturing the interest of young people (especially girls) who might want to follow suit. Her conversational, first-person narrative is full of fascinating detail. Each two-page spread is a separate chapter, with a clearly headlined subject and numerous engaging images of the photographer, a white woman, at work and her animal subjects. Appropriately, she starts with her childhood and her first forays into animal photography in her backyard and at the zoo. She describes how she prepares for her photo shoots, how she lives in the field, how she finds her subjects, and how she gets to take her impressive pictures—sometimes by spending endless hours so that animals become accustomed to her, and sometimes by hiding (also for long periods). There are two chapters featuring her signature work with animal babies. Further chapters introduce two local guides (both people of color) and a scientist (who is white) without whom her work would not have been possible. A final spread talks about “giving back” and her work for animal conservation. Accessible, attractively designed, and well organized, this will have great appeal for animal lovers—and it may also prompt some to consider turning an interest into a career.

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