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It's True! Animals are Electrifying (11)

It's True! Animals are Electrifying (11)

by RickWilkinson (Author), Mic Looby (Illustrator)

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    Paperback 2006

    $7.32
Synopsis

Psst! It's True! This is the best book on ANIMALS you'll ever read! Did you know that fish can walk, snakes can fly and eggs can talk? What about the electric eel that could light up your house, or the lemur that every day eats enough poison to kill a dozen humans?Rick Wilkinson shows how animals adapt to their environment in bizarre and unexpected ways. If you don't want to get spewed on by a sea bird, slashed by a mantis shrimp or slimed by a hagfish, you'd better read this book! Flummox your friends with these crazy creature features.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 01 Jan 2006
ISBN 10: 1741143438
ISBN 13: 9781741143430

Media Reviews
How can a young reader not pause to pick up any of the It's True!nonfiction series? They have what must surely be the funkiest, attention-grapping titles on any bookshelf loads of utterly fascinating information and trivia delivered in a most engaging flip style. Great fun yet authoritatively researched Cover to cover, they are simply irresistible. Kevin Steinberger, Magpiesvol 20, No. 3, July 2005.
Author Bio
Rick Wilkinson is a geologist, journalist and author with a keen interest in natural history and ecology. He has travelled extensively in outback Australia and explored the game parks of southern Africa. He specialises in writing about Australia's resources industries, and has also written several books for children.Mic Looby is a writer, editor, illustrator and cartoonist. He lists his hobbies as chewing pens and humming softly.