I'm Joining the Herd

Name: I'm Joining the Herd
Brand: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780711295582
Price: 29.99 NZD
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By Saskia Gwinn

Series: How Animals Live

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Follow Zebra as she discovers how animals live and work together in this clever creature caper, packed with oodles of facts and a spoonful of silliness! Packs, flocks, hives, prides and especially herds - there are lots of amazing animal groups, but there are so many... Read More

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I'm Following the Herd is full of fascinating facts to teach young readers about how animals live and work together - narrated by a zebra who loves being part of her herd!

Description

Follow Zebra as she discovers how animals live and work together in this clever creature caper, packed with oodles of facts and a spoonful of silliness!

Packs, flocks, hives, prides and especially herds - there are lots of amazing animal groups, but there are so many more. From chicken broods, shark shivers, and meerkat mobs to baboon troops, tuna shoals, and even a cauldron of bats, follow Zebra as she discovers how over 50 different animals live and work together in this super-fun collection of awesome animal tales.

Find out who twists, swoops, and flies with her flock? (Starling!) Or which animals hum to tell others in their group that they're nearby? (Giraffe! But watch out, visitors... this animal has a mean karate kick!) Which animals clean each other, play together, and look after each other's young? (Lion!) Plus, find out which group of animals ends up being the best at working together. And guess what? It's not just zebras who live in herds, as this little Zebra is about to find out!

Children will love discovering all the different kinds of animal groups and which clever creatures live in them, together with awesome facts that are easy to remember to make learning about the animal world fun.

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I'm Joining the Herd

Follow Zebra as she discovers how animals live and work together in this clever creature caper, packed with oodles of facts and a spoonful of silliness! Packs, flocks, hives, prides and especially herds - there are lots of amazing animal groups, but there are so many more. From chicken broods, shark shivers, and meerkat mobs to baboon troops, tuna shoals,...

By Saskia Gwinn

Hardback

$29⁹⁹

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Ships in 4-6 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711295582

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Happy Yak

Contributors:

Illustrated by Adam Ming

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 235.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 48

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Saskia Gwinn Science & Nature Series: How Animals Live

About the Author

Saskia Gwinn has spent nearly 20 years carefully crafting beautiful books to inspire kids of all ages. She has worked as Head of Children's Non-fiction for Bloomsbury Publishing, as Editorial Director for A which he writes about in his popular "Adam's Notes" Newsletter.
He lives with his wife and daughter in Kuala Lumpur.

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