Awesome Weird Animals

Name: Awesome Weird Animals
Brand: Hachette New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781917082501
Price: 24.99 NZD
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By Joshua George

Series: Awesome Nature

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Packed with awesome facts, this interactive book is guaranteed to elevate your knowledge about some of the weirdest animals on Earth. Do you dare to discover the weirdest of them all? From ocean oddballs, freaky forest dwellers, and more, this unique book features raised pictures and... Read More

Format: Hardback

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Packed with awesome facts about some of the most amazing creatures on Earth. From ocean oddballs, freaky forest dwellers, and more, this unique book features raised pictures and ranking reveals to challenge yourself to guess which creatures are weird, weirder and weirdest! Do you dare to discover the weirdest of them all?

Description

Packed with awesome facts, this interactive book is guaranteed to elevate your knowledge about some of the weirdest animals on Earth. Do you dare to discover the weirdest of them all?

From ocean oddballs, freaky forest dwellers, and more, this unique book features raised pictures and ranking reveals to encourage curiosity and exploration of some of the strangest creatures on Earth.

From a narwhal's 3-metre-long tooth and spider crab's enormous 3-metre-long leg span to see-through frogs and crazily-camouflaged seadragons, Awesome Weird Animals is packed with facts to discover as you challenge yourself to guess which creatures are weird, which are weirder and which creatures are the absolute weirdest of them all!

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781917082501

Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 October 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gemini Children's Books Limited

Contributors:

Illustrated by Matt O'Neil
Illustrated by Iana Kauri

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 201.0mm

Height: 259.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 20

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Matt is a children's book illustrator and designer from Suffolk. Matt has always worked in children's publishing, creating fun and educational books for children of all ages.

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