Bum or Face? Rainbow Bums

Name: Bum or Face? Rainbow Bums
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781464293191
Price: 21.0 NZD
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By Kari Lavelle

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Discover fascinating facts about colourful animals while guessing if you're looking at a bum or a face! Are you ready for round five of the hilarious guessing game picture book? Discover fascinating facts about colourful animals while guessing if you're looking at a bum or a... Read More

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Discover fascinating facts about colourful animals while guessing if you're looking at a bum or a face!

Are you ready for round five of the hilarious guessing game picture book? Discover fascinating facts about colourful animals while guessing if you're looking at a bum or a face!

Bum or Face? Volume 5 - Rainbow Bums continues the entertaining challenge with a new set of stunning animals from all over the world. Examine a close-up photo of a creature and then guess whether you're looking at the top or the...um...bottom. The answer is revealed on the next page with a photo of the complete animal.

Readers will discover animals like the tomato frog, rainbow scarab beetle, warty comb jelly, and purple sea urchin! Fun animal facts and information about camouflage and other sneaky animal tricks are included.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781464293191

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 August 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Sourcebooks Explore

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 40

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Humour Kari Lavelle Penguin Books

About the Author

Kari Lavelle is the award-winning author of WE MOVE THE WORLD, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali (HarperCollins), the BUTT OR FACE? series (Sourcebooks) and ODE TO GRAPEFRUIT- HOW JAMES EARL JONES FOUND HIS VOICE, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Knopf). She has always had a love for words- as a kid reading books, as a speech pathologist helping children communicate, and now as a writer creating stories. She grew up in the Midwest but now lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, their two children, and doggo, Dobby. Learn more about Kari and her books at karilavelle.com.

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