By Mike Barfield (author) , Paula Bossio (illustrator) Part of the The Wild Life series
"Revealed! the hidden lives of some wonderful animals"
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This book is wild indeed, taking us on a tour through the animal kingdom, stopping off to meet some of its most amazing residents.
There are big animals, tiny ones, strange ones and some scary ones, and, in lively, bright, informative cartoon strips, they tell us all about their secret lives. The book is divided into sections based on habitats, from woods and forests to deserts and polar regions, and on lifestyles, e.g., nocturnal.
In each of these, young animals such as the Black Howler Monkey, Discus Fish and Aye-Aye share their plans for the future in sections called ‘When I Grow Up’.
Packed with wide-ranging information, presented in a really appealing and accessible format, this will fascinate young animal lovers and provide hours of entertainment, and much further reading too. Wild and wonderful!
A colourful and comical tour through the animal kingdom from award-winning author Mike Barfield and quirky cartoonist and illustrator Paula Bossio.
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Featuring key habitats, including seas, forests, deserts and grasslands, this book uncovers the little-known but amazing adaptations, bonkers behaviour and cunning natural skills of the world's most interesting animals. Each story is told from the animal's own perspective. Covering creatures from all over the world, readers will meet flying snakes in the rainforest, vampire squid in the ocean and meerkats in the desert.
This hilarious guide, full of fascinating facts, will entrance animal lovers everywhere, and reveal the wild lives of animals like no other.
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Mike Barfield has been wild about the natural world from an early age. His love of nature took him to King’s College London where he gained a first class honours degree in botany and zoology. After a career in comedy writing for TV and radio, he turned to creating award-winning non-fiction for children built on his love of science and finding things out. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Children’s Book Award 2021 in the ‘Best Book with Facts’ category, and has also been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association for Science Education Children’s Book Prize (twice) and the De Bary Award for Outstanding Children’s Science Books (twice). is an award-winning writer, cartoonist, poet and performer. Internationally popular, he writes and creates funny non-fiction and activity books for young people, published in over 30 different languages. His cartoon feature 'Apparently' has been running in the pages of Private Eye for many years, while his drawings have been displayed in the V&A Museum, London's Cartoon Museum, and Nigella Lawson's downstairs toilet.
When not busy writing and drawing, Mike performs family-friendly fun-filled shows at schools, libraries and festivals across the country. He has been wild about science and animals from an early age.
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A colourful and comical tour through the animal kingdom from award-winning author Mike Barfield and quirky cartoonist and illustrator Paula Bossio. Featuring key habitats, including seas, forests, deserts and grasslands, this book uncovers the little-known but amazing adaptations, bonkers behaviour and cunning natural skills of the world's most interesting animals.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Wild Life of Animals The Secret Lives of Astounding Animals and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-12 years old
The Wild Life of Animals The Secret Lives of Astounding Animals features in the following genres: Ecological and Environmental Interest - Non Fiction, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, General Knowledge & Trivia, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Graphic Novels & Comics, Wildlife, The Natural World, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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The Wild Life of Animals The Secret Lives of Astounding Animals was written by Mike Barfield and published by Buster Books an imprint of Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
The Wild Life of Animals The Secret Lives of Astounding Animals has 94 pages
Yes it is part of The Wild Life series
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