Sand and Fog: Adventures in Southern Africa

by Jim Brandenburg

Book Overview

-- ALA Quick Pick-- Parents' Choice Award winner, 1995-- American Bookseller Pick if the Lists, 1994-- A Few Good Books for 1994, Book Links-- John Burroughs List of Nature Books, 1994-- Outstanding... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802774768
• ISBN13: 9780802774767
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Walker & Company
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 11.1" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

STUNNING FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS

Acclaimed nature photographer Jim Brandenburg has focused his camera eye on Namibia, its landscape, people, and animals. Bordered by Angola, Zimbabwe and the Atlantic Ocean, Namibia is a mysterious land of searing sand and cool waters. It is best described by contrasts, but better seen through the marvelous full-color photographs in this striking volume. Although "Namib" means "Place of no people," the country holds several ethnic groups. Brandenburg shows a colorfully clad Herero woman gracefully carrying an ancient sewing machine on her head, a Himba woman wearing a mixture of fat and ocher, and Kung men during an all-night dance as they create their own music with singing and drums. Crystal rock formations edging a desert etched by softly shifting dunes is a scene of breathtaking beauty, as are the coastal rock formations. The armchair traveler will thoroughly enjoy visiting southern Africa with Sand and Fog. - Gail Cooke

UNIQUE IN ITS CONTENT, STUNNING PHOTOS.

The ecosystem of the Namib Desert is absolutely fascinating. Even though I read this several years ago with my children, I occasionally think back to this desert of fog and the life that depends upon it. And of course Brandenburg's photos are always top-notch.