Animal Families by wildlife photographer Steve Bloom

 

Animal Families

 

 

My Favourite Animal Families by wildlife photographer Steve Bloom

A new book by a renowned wildlife photographer will melt your heart - with images of family love between members of the animal kingdom. 'My Favourite Animal Families' by Steve Bloom showcases some of the best pictures of baby animals Steve has taken all over the world during the past 14 years

Adelie penguins with chick on Paulet Island, Antarctica

Accompanied by text from author David Henry Wilson, whose works include the popular 'Jeremy James' children's series, the book is aimed at kids. But the pictures are so beautiful they will appeal to people of all ages

Lioness washing cubs in the Masai Mara, Kenya

Steve said: "When shooting these pictures I was working to an underlying theme of anthropomorphism. Animals exhibit some behaviours similar to humans and showing people this can hopefully stimulate interest and education"

Elephant seals in South Georgia

"I want to take kids reading this book into another world, but also to demonstrate that animals, like us, are sentient beings"

Mother and baby panda in Sichuan, China

"A good example where this worked very well is the baby elephant. Humans don't like being lashed by the rain and the calf shows clearly here that elephants don't like it either. This little one was happy to shelter under its mother"

African elephant and calf in the rain in the Masai Mara, Kenya

"Through showing behaviour like this, I hope we can increase child readers' appreciation of the animals and help them to connect, so that they understand the importance of these species"

Mother and baby hippo in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Spanning almost every habitat across the globe, from the African plains to the frozen Arctic, animals of all kinds have been captured on camera in acts of maternal or paternal caring

Polar bear mother and cub in Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Readers are treated to over 70 photographs presenting fourteen species of wild animal, handpicked to show a wide variety of animal family types in different environments around the world. Each animal family is featured over four pages, with Wilson's text exploring different facets of family life, from feeding and grooming to playing and hunting

Lowland gorilla mother and baby

A baby orangutan, in Borneo, Kalimantan, perfectly mimics its mother's hand movements - just like a toddler

A mother chimpanzee givies an infant a helpful piggyback through tropical rainforests

Giraffes in Savuti, Botswana

Emperor penguin parents and chick on Coulman Island, Antarctica

A full grown zebra with a young one in the Masai Mara, Kenya

Brown bear mother and cubs in the Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

'My Favourite Animal Families' from Thames & Hudson is available for £9.99 in all good bookshops from August 16. Signed copies can be ordered from www.stevebloomshop.com