Weird & Wild Animal Facts
Henry Holt and Co.
Available: 04/14/15
8.83 x 11.07 · 40 pages
Ages 4-8 years
9780805079456
CDN $20.50
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There are lots of fascinating animals throughout the world with unusual characteristics. But you may be surprised to learn that many common animals may also have some uncommon characteristics! For example, did you know that:
A giraffe can clean its own ears with its tongue?
Or that a hippo has teeth as long as a child's arm?
So come read facts about fourteen special animals who are less normal" than we may think at first look.
Jessica Loy is an accomplished painter and graphic designer. She is also a professor at the College of Saint Rose, where she teaches graphic design. In her free time, Ms. Loy and her children volunteer at local wildlife centers. As for her interest in writing Weird and Wild Animal Facts the author says, I feel an urgency to get children involved in protecting our environment by giving them tools to explore the natural world around them." Ms. Loy lives with her family in upstate New York. Jessica Loy is an accomplished painter and graphic designer. She is also a professor at the College of Saint Rose, where she teaches graphic design. In her free time, Ms. Loy and her children volunteer at local wildlife centers. As for her interest in writing Weird and Wild Animal Facts the author says, "I feel an urgency to get children involved in protecting our environment by giving them tools to explore the natural world around them." Ms. Loy lives with her family in upstate New York.
