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Around the World in 80 Endangered Animals

By Jess French
Series: Around the World in 80
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Meet 80 endangered animals on a journey around the planet. Cross vast deserts with caring scorpions, swim deep oceans with gentle whale sharks, hang out in a tropical rainforest with the slow loris, and skip across the ice floes with a polar bear. Your wild animal... Read More
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Travel across the world to meet 80 of the world's most endangered animals, and learn about how we can help protect them.

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Meet 80 endangered animals on a journey around the planet. Cross vast deserts with caring scorpions, swim deep oceans with gentle whale sharks, hang out in a tropical rainforest with the slow loris, and skip across the ice floes with a polar bear. Your wild animal adventure starts here!

Around the World in 80 Endangered Animals is jam-packed with facts about 80 of the world's most endangered animals, including the reasons they are endangered and what is being done right now to help them. It includes a glorious pull-out poster on biodiversity and the roles each creature plays to keep our planet healthy.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781803380223

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 October 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Welbeck Children's Books

Illustration: clr illus

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Brendan Kearney

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 236.0mm

Height: 284.0mm

Weight: 567g

Pages: 72

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About the Author

Jess French (Author)

Jess French is a passionate vet, zoologist and naturalist who has been named one of Britain's top 50 conservationists by BBC Wildlife magazine. She presented her own TV series on CBeebies called Minibeast Adventure with Jess and worked on Live 'n' Deadly (CBBC), Deadly Mission Madagascar (CBBC), Springwatch (BBC) and Micro Monsters 3D (Sky). Jess has written several books for children for many publishers.

Brendan Kearney (Illustrator)

Brendan Kearney realized he didn't like rulers while studying architecture at university. He also discovered that drawing pictures for a living was a legitimate and fun career option, and so opted for illustration as quickly as he could. He specializes in children's books and artwork.

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