By Gill Arbuthnott (author)
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Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+ . A true story that’s stranger than fiction. Find out about the bird that fights by being sick on you, the frog that can kill 1,500 people, the Bee Duvet of Death, plus many more fabulous facts, in this laugh-out-loud collection of amazing animals.
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Crazy Creatures by Gill Arbuthnott
'A fabulous collection of fascinating facts... some eye-opening, some hilarious and all true.' - Boys into Books
Gill Arbuthnott lives in Edinburgh and has been a published author since 2003. She writes fiction and non-fiction and reckons that being a children's author is probably the best job in the world. Her recent books Dark Spell, Beneath and What Makes You You? have been shortlisted for major UK book awards. A former science teacher, she loves mixing scientific fact with wonderful anecdotes of people and places.
GILL ARBUTHNOTT Q&A:
What is the maddest thing you have ever done? Nothing very mad… I went once to buy a black kitten and came back with a deaf, one-eyed white adult cat. (It wasn’t my fault though: he chose me.) Oh, and there was the time at the fun fair when I went on a roller coaster even though I knew I hated them. It felt like the longest two minutes of my life. Which of the mad scientists would you have liked to meet and why? Rita Levi-Montalcini. Not only did she do important work under very difficult conditions, she lived through amazing times. She alsohad great style in the way she dressed and looked, and she was a fabulous cook. What a woman! Which discovery would you have liked to have made? I’d love to have been part of the discovery of the structure of DNA (the chemical that controls most of what we are). It’s so beautiful, and it unlocked so many ideas in Biology. AND I would have to go to work with some incredible people. Maybe I’ll tell you about them in another book! What do you think is the best discovery made by a scientist? It’s not an important discovery, but it has made a lot of people very happy… The discovery of how to make chocolate so that it starts to melt at the temperature of the human mouth!
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Crazy Creatures and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Crazy Creatures features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, True Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Crazy Creatures was written by Gill Arbuthnott and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
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