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Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing!

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Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing!

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Winner of the the Environment Award for Children’s Literature (Nonfiction) 2020

Get ready for a whole new look at the world around you. You’re about to meet the weirdest, wildest and most amazing animals on the planet.

Are zombie jellyfish real?
Do frogs like opera?
Which animals eat poop? (And more importantly, WHY?!)
What’s it like to wrestle a python?

Buckle up - you’re about to find out!

Bursting with bizarre facts, packed with vibrant illustrations and guided by one of the world’s greatest living scientists, Professor Tim Flannery, this deep-dive into the natural world will enthral and enlighten readers. It will also make them laugh out loud … and squirm in disgust.

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Format

Hardback

Publisher

Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Country

Australia

Date

1 November 2019

Pages

256

ISBN

9781760501587

Winner of the the Environment Award for Children’s Literature (Nonfiction) 2020

Get ready for a whole new look at the world around you. You’re about to meet the weirdest, wildest and most amazing animals on the planet.

Are zombie jellyfish real?
Do frogs like opera?
Which animals eat poop? (And more importantly, WHY?!)
What’s it like to wrestle a python?

Buckle up - you’re about to find out!

Bursting with bizarre facts, packed with vibrant illustrations and guided by one of the world’s greatest living scientists, Professor Tim Flannery, this deep-dive into the natural world will enthral and enlighten readers. It will also make them laugh out loud … and squirm in disgust.

Read More

Format

Hardback

Publisher

Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Country

Australia

Date

1 November 2019

Pages

256

ISBN

9781760501587

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