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Lifesize by Sophy Henn is a delightful children's book that invites young readers to compare themselves with various animals across the globe. Through interactive and engaging illustrations, it brings to life the fascinating differences in size between humans and creatures large and small, making it an educational and fun way to explore the animal kingdom.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this book if you have a young reader who loves learning about animals and enjoys interactive picture books. It offers a captivating exploration of scale by comparing various animals to each other and to the reader, providing both fun and educational value through engaging illustrations and facts.

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Lifesize

Let's go on a LIFESIZE adventure!

Step into the book and see how you measure up against some of the world's most amazing animals. High-five a polar bear to discover who has the biggest paw and peer through the die-cut to find out how you'd look with a giant squid eye.

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Let's go on a Lifesize adventure!

Step into the book and see how you measure up against some of the world's most amazing animals. High-five a polar bear to discover who has the biggest paw and peer through the die-cut to find out how you'd look with a giant squid eye.

Silver Award winner in the Made for Mums Awards 2020

This interactive non-fiction adventure features lifesize illustrations of some of the smallest and largest animals in the world, inviting children to compare parts of their bodies with these amazing animals.

This huge, playful book is the perfect introduction to animals for young children and is the first non-fiction book from picture book star, Sophy Henn.

Climb into the book for a truly wild adventure...

Try the other books in the series for more lifesize fun!

  • Lifesize Dinosaurs (9781405293952)
  • Lifesize Baby Animals (9781405299497)
  • Lifesize Deadly Animals (9780008534301)
  • Lifesize Creepy Crawlies (World Book Day 2023) (9780008591304)

Sophy Henn's book Lifesize Creepy Crawlies was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 13-02-2023.

Sophy Henn is an award-winning picture book author and illustrator with an MA in Illustration from the University of Brighton. She is the creator of the much-loved Pom Pom series and her book Where Bear? was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Sophy was the World Book Day Illustrator in 2015 and 2016.

Height: 1.75 metres (Or almost 6 Lifesize books laid end to end!)
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Lifesize by Sophy Henn features bright and bold illustrations, designed to engage children with its interactive nature and real-life size animal parts. The book cleverly explores the question of "How big?" by illustrating various animals in their natural habitats. It is praised for its educational aspect, teaching kids about their connection to the natural world.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405289573

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 September 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Red Shed

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 2.0mm

Width: 300.0mm

Height: 300.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Sophy Henn is the acclaimed picture book maker behind Where Bear?, Pass It On, Edie, and the adorable Pom Pom series. She studied at Camberwell and Central Saint Martins, and is a graduate of the MA in Sequential Illustration at the University of Brighton. Her debut title, Where Bear?, was shortlisted for the AOI Illustration Awards 2014 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2015. Her subsequent titles have gone on to great success, and Sophy was chosen as the World Book Day illustrator in 2015. Sophy is letting her wicked side out in this exciting new series for slightly older readers!

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