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Animal Super Powers: The Most Amazing Ways Animals Have Evolved
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Discover the most brilliant skills animals have ever evolved in a stylish and fascinating picture book.
Body armour, seeing with sound, gliding without wings - wherever you look in the animal kingdom, you can find amazing super skills to deal with nature's trickiest challenges. In fact, these skills are so amazing that they have evolved again and again in totally unrelated animals!
From tiny insects to ginormous giraffes, meet the creatures that have the same ingenious ways of surviving and thriving on planet Earth. Discover the wonders of evolution in this vibrant picture book packed with incredible facts from zoologist Dr Nick Crumpton, and illustrated by award-winning new talent Viola Wang.
Animal Super Powers: The Most Amazing Ways Animals Have Evolved is an enlightening glimpse into the diverse adaptations of the animal world, perfect for young readers and curious minds alike.
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Animal Super Powers: The Most Amazing Ways Animals Have Evolved by Dr. Nick Crumpton is praised for being a captivating and essential resource for those interested in evolution and inheritance, with particularly striking and detailed illustrations. The book offers rich content for readers to absorb and admire, and has been recognised for its contribution to diversity and inclusion in children's literature.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781529500431
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 November 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Walker Studio
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Viola Wang
- Illustrated by Viola Wang
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 254.0mm
Height: 290.0mm
Weight: 540g
Pages: 48
About the Author
Dr Nick Crumpton is a zoologist and author. He has worked at the Natural History Museum, the BBC Natural History Unit, the Zoological Society London and the Royal Society. His children's books have been published by Nosy Crow and Flying Eye Books.
Viola Wang is a graduate of the Children's Book Illustration MA at the Cambridge School of Art and won the Sebastian Walker Award in 2018. She was born in China, where she studied oil painting before moving to the UK to work as a graphic designer. In 2021 she was selected for the Drawing Year scholarship programme at the Royal Drawing School. This is her first book with Walker.
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