Face to Face with Animals series by various authors and photographers

National Geographic has published series that provides readers with incredible photographs of wild animals.
Each book is divided into four sections. In the first section the reader meets National Geographic's photographer where they share amazing stories of photographing the animal subject.
 Features each book includes are: plenty of picture captions, maps, extra side bar reading, a conservation sections ("how you can help"), a two page "facts at a glance", glossary, "find out more", and index.
Animals that are included in this series are: frogs, caterpillars, butterflies, wild horses, grizzlies, sharks, whales, leopards, elephants, polar bears, cheetahs, lions, gorillas, orangutans, wolves, dolphins, manatees, and penguins.
A high comprehending K/1st grader can understand this book as a read aloud but as for reading independently, this series is for high 3rd-6th.