
The Colorful World of Reptiles
Matt Sewell(Author)
Chronicle Books (Publisher)
Published on 16. April 2026
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-1-7972-3843-2 (ISBN)
Description
A beautifully illustrated introduction to reptiles with colorful watercolor art and descriptions full of fun facts.
From the creator of the bestselling The Colorful World of Dinosaurs, this follow-up volume introduces fifty amazing reptiles with striking watercolor art and fun facts on each. Beloved author-illustrator Matt Sewell delves into the fascinating, mysterious, and sometimes downright bizarre lives of reptiles, including spectacular snakes, lizards, crocodiles, bearded dragons, turtles, and tortoises.
Did you know . . .
The oldest known reptilian fossil is 315 million years old!
That dinosaurs were also reptiles-though not, as some people think, giant lizards.
The green basilisk can walk on water.
The Galapagos tortoise can comfortably live for more than one hundred years.
The saltwater crocodile is the world's biggest living reptile (with an average one weighing around one thousand pounds!).
The Colorful World of Reptiles explores all these creatures and more-bright, horned, camouflaged, and striped-through gorgeous watercolor illustrations paired with surprising, little-known, and fun-to-tell facts about reptile behavior, habits, and appearance. This fascinating book will delight young readers and beguile reptile fans of all ages.
From the creator of the bestselling The Colorful World of Dinosaurs, this follow-up volume introduces fifty amazing reptiles with striking watercolor art and fun facts on each. Beloved author-illustrator Matt Sewell delves into the fascinating, mysterious, and sometimes downright bizarre lives of reptiles, including spectacular snakes, lizards, crocodiles, bearded dragons, turtles, and tortoises.
Did you know . . .
The oldest known reptilian fossil is 315 million years old!
That dinosaurs were also reptiles-though not, as some people think, giant lizards.
The green basilisk can walk on water.
The Galapagos tortoise can comfortably live for more than one hundred years.
The saltwater crocodile is the world's biggest living reptile (with an average one weighing around one thousand pounds!).
The Colorful World of Reptiles explores all these creatures and more-bright, horned, camouflaged, and striped-through gorgeous watercolor illustrations paired with surprising, little-known, and fun-to-tell facts about reptile behavior, habits, and appearance. This fascinating book will delight young readers and beguile reptile fans of all ages.
Reviews / Votes
A rollicking revue of the cold-blooded clan...with appealing illustrations." - Kirkus ReviewsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 238 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
770 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7972-3843-2 (9781797238432)
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Person
Matt Sewell is a writer, artist, and illustrator whose books include The Atlas of Amazing Birds and The Colorful World of Dinosaurs, both also published by PA Press. He lives in Shrewsbury, England, where he is an avid ornithologist.