Planning to Write a Book About World Wildlife

[Wildlife Watcher]

For a while now, I've been throwing around the idea of making a big animal-themed book for children, containing fun facts about each species as well as my own original drawings. More recently, I decided that I want to make two of these books: one that organizes animals by classification, and another that organizes them by ecoregion.
There's still I lot I haven't figured out yet, so I was hoping for some advice about what I could do with both projects.

As far as the "ecoregions" book goes, there are definitely a lot of different ways to approach it. Ultimately, I decided it would be best to give a (roughly) even amount of sections for each continent. I did want to include many of the world's most popular ecoregions while also selecting a variety of habitats. The habitats that I ended up landing on are:

THE ARCTIC
NORTH AMERICA

1. Pacific Northwest
2. Sonoran/Mojave Deserts
3. Florida Everglades

SOUTH AMERICA

1. Amazon Rainforest
2. Andes Mountains
3. Galápagos Islands

AFRICA

1. Sahara Desert
2. The Savannah
3. Congo River Basin
4. Madagascar

EURASIA

1. German Forests
2. Himalayan Mountains
3. Sunda Rainforest

AUSTRALASIA

1. The Outback
2. Eastern Forests
3. Great Barrier Reef

ANTARCTICA

I feel pretty good about the habitat selection, but just like with the Animal Kingdom project, I'm still unsure what specific species to include. Each habitat will be represented by 5-8 species, depending on the region's biodiversity. Normally I'd just choose whatever my favorites are from these categories, but I thought it would be cool to ask the community for feedback on this. What specific animals would you choose to represent if you were making this project?

I'd appreciate ideas on what species to include in each section, but if that's too much, I would also appreciate some tips on formatting. Any feedback is welcome.

 

[Dassie rat]

There are several books on the subject, including some recent ones. When I read your notes, I thought of 'The Mitchell Beazley Book of World Wildlife', which covered the same territory. I suggest that you look at similar books at bookshops and libraries and see if your ideas cover the same territory and if you have something new to offer. I am planning to write a series of systematic books about animals and I realise that there are competitors, especially in children's books that now feature a variety of species that wouldn't have appeared a few decades ago. It may be difficult to get a book published if you are a new author and you need to be careful about paying a lot of money for self publishing. I wish you lots of luck..