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Curious Creatures Working With Tools

By Zoë Armstrong
Series: Curious Creatures
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In Curious Creatures Working With Tools by Zoë Armstrong, young readers embark on a fascinating journey into the animal kingdom, exploring how various animals use tools in their daily lives. The book combines captivating illustrations and engaging narratives to showcase the ingenuity and adaptability of nature's clever creatures, encouraging children to appreciate the wonders of the natural world. Perfect for budding animal enthusiasts, this book offers an educational yet entertaining glimpse into the lives of these resourceful beings.
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Format: Hardback
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the natural world and want to introduce young readers to clever animals that use tools in creative ways. It offers a delightful combination of engaging stories and educational insights, perfect for sparking curiosity in children about animal behaviour and adaptation.

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In Earth's jungles and deserts and deep beneath the sea, curious creatures are hard at work. Some resourceful animals use tools to get the job done, just like you do. There are bottlenose dolphins holding sponges to protect their snouts, chimps wielding rocky hammers, and tailorbirds stitching leaves with spider silk.

Learn how and why these animals toil with tools, and discover that you have more in common with them than you ever imagined.

Children will learn all about these clever creatures and explore how their daily routines have a lot in common with human kids! A perfect book for children with a curiosity to learn more about the wonderful animals we share our planet with.

Series: Curious Creatures

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  • Curious Creatures Working With Tools
    In Earth's jungles and deserts and deep beneath the sea, curious creatures are hard at work. Some resourceful animals use tools to get the job done, just like you do. There are bottlenose dolphins holding sponges to protect their snouts, chimps wielding rocky hammers, and tailorbirds stitching leaves with spider silk. Learn how and why these animals toil with tools,...
    By Zoë Armstrong
    Hardback
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Curious Creatures Working With Tools by Zoë Armstrong is praised for its exhilarating journey into the world of resourceful animals that use tools. Reviewers commend the book for being both mind-boggling and fun, with beautiful illustrations that enhance stories about these amazing animals. Various critics, including authors and educational associations, highlight the book's ability to engage and inform through its compelling narratives and visual appeal.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838740344

Publisher: Flying Eye Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 June 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Flying Eye Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Anja Sušanj
  • Illustrated by Anja Sušanj

DIMENSIONS

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 40

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Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Series: Curious Creatures Zoë Armstrong

About the Author

Zoë Armstrong is a trained journalist who has worked in public relations within the charitable sector and in education. Zoë works as a freelance writer in Brighton where she lives with her young daughter. She is the author of Find The Spy. Anja Susanj is originally from coastal Croatia, she received an MA in illustration at the University of the Arts London and has been doing illustration ever since. Her first book was The Secret Lives of Mermaids with Flying Eye Books.

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