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Illuminature

Discover 180 animals with your magic three colour lens
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Illuminature by Rachel Williams is a captivating children's book that invites readers to explore the animal kingdom through a magical lens. This beautifully illustrated book features a unique colour lens technology, allowing children to discover hidden layers of vibrant wildlife scenes during day and night. It's an engaging journey that blends art and education, sparking curiosity about nature.
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You might enjoy this delightful children's book if you're fascinated by the wonders of nature and love interactive reading experiences. This creatively crafted book allows you to explore the hidden creatures of our world through fun and educational illustrations. Perfect for young explorers intrigued by wildlife and keen on learning more about different habitats.

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Explore ten of the world's most diverse environments and reveal their hidden secrets with a magic coloured lens that illuminates each page in a kaleidoscope of colour.

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Discover the dark and mysterious creatures of the night, whose super-sensory powers allow them to live and survive in the shadows. Then switch the lens to step into daylight, where the heat of the sun supercharges the secret lives of creatures big and small.

Finally, use the third lens to reveal the luscious plant life of every habitat as you travel through a jungle, a reef, grasslands, and woodland. Uncover a world that never sleeps with Milan-based design-duo, Carnovsky.

Illuminature by Rachel Williams takes you on a journey through this remarkable world.

Series: Illumi: See 3 Images in 1

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  • Illumipedia
    In Illumipedia, discover animals, insects, dinosaurs, and the ocean deeps with your three-colour lens as you explore the world and its natural phenomena like never before. Bringing together content from five books in the iconic Illumi series, this new treasury spans the best of Nature, Oceans, Bugs, and Dinosaurs across six continents. Each spectacular artwork is really three images in...
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  • Illumanatomy
    Look inside the human body with the magic three-colour lens in this follow-up to the internationally best-selling Illuminature. X-ray the body from head to toe and discover how your body works. Use the red lens to reveal the skeleton, look through the green lens to see how the muscles work, and X-ray your organs with the blue lens to discover...
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  • Illuminature
    Discover the dark and mysterious creatures of the night, whose super-sensory powers allow them to live and survive in the shadows. Then switch the lens to step into daylight, where the heat of the sun supercharges the secret lives of creatures big and small. Finally, use the third lens to reveal the luscious plant life of every habitat as you...
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  • Illumibugs
    Journey through the undergrowth with your magic three-colour lens (included) and discover over 180 minibeasts from every continent, under the sea and even from prehistoric times. Invertebrates make up nearly 97% of life on earth! With your lens in hand, discover mini beast habitats, and learn more about the impressive insects and other creepy crawlies that scuttle and wriggle around...
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  • Illuminoceans
    The ocean is a big, mysterious place. With the magic three-colour lens included in Illuminoceans, shed some light on the darkest depths of our watery world, and encounter the creatures, seascapes, and surprising underwater features of all of Earth's oceans. From the mighty Pacific to the polar seas, Illuminoceans takes readers on a journey of discovery through the most mysterious...
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  • Illuminightmare
    Set off on a supernatural journey to visit the most haunted places on Earth in this follow-up to the best-selling Illuminature, Illumanatomy, and Illuminatlas. Use your three-colour lens to explore each place: use the green lens to see the location, the red lens to see remnants from its history, and the blue lens to reveal the supernatural things that lurk...
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  • Illumisaurus
    Journey back in time to the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods with Illumisaurus, coming face-to-face with prehistory's most spectacular dinosaurs, plants, and animals. Bring this lost world to kaleidoscopic life with your magic three-colour viewing lens (included). With your lens in hand, discover amazing places and the creatures that roamed them many millions of years ago. Your green lens reveals...
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Illuminature is praised for its innovative use of a special three-coloured lens, offering an engaging and magical reading experience. Reviewers highlight the book's ability to reveal different aspects of nature, such as daytime and night-time animals, through red, green, and blue lenses. The book is lauded for its stunning design and immersive quality, sparking curiosity and offering an educational journey through ten diverse habitats, captivating children and adults alike.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781847808868

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 October 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wide Eyed Editions

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Carnovsky

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 280.0mm

Height: 340.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Milan-based design duo CARNOVSKY was started by Silvia Quintanilla and Francesco Rugi in 2007 .They have gained wide recognition for their RGB project, first displayed in 2010 .Their work has been published in magazines around the world, such as Vogue, Wired, Frame, Wallpaper, Elle D cor, and Whitewall .Their wallpaper 'Jungla' won the 2012 Wallpaper Magazine Design Award for Best Wallpaper .

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