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Super Animals!

Meet the superpowered heroes of the animal kingdom​
By Mike Barfield
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Ever wished you could fly, become invisible, have super-strength or unleash a powerful electric shock? In the animal kingdom, these incredible abilities aren't just comic-book fantasy - they're survival skills! Discover nature's ultimate superheroes: fish that soar through the air, eels that zap with over 600... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Super Animals!

Special powers aren't just for comic-book superheroes - meet the real-life Super Animals!

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Ever wished you could fly, become invisible, have super-strength or unleash a powerful electric shock? In the animal kingdom, these incredible abilities aren't just comic-book fantasy - they're survival skills!

Discover nature's ultimate superheroes: fish that soar through the air, eels that zap with over 600 volts, and beetles that fire toxic blasts from their bums. These mind-blowing creatures are living proof that Mother Nature is the greatest scientific genius of all time.

Join the action-packed, comic-book-style adventures of the Super Animals and explore the astonishing, real-life powers that help them thrive in the wild.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781510231184

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Jason Ford

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 228.0mm

Height: 296.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 64

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About the Author

Mike Barfield (Author)

Mike Barfield is a best-selling children's author, cartoonist, poet and performer with books in well over a dozen different languages. He has a first-class degree in Biology from the University of London, and won the Blue Peter Book Awards 2021 for the Best Book with Facts.

Jason Ford (Illustrator)

Jason Ford is a freelance illustrator whose approach has been heavily influenced by his childhood diet of Tintin and Marvel comics and a continuing love of French and Belgian bandes dessinees. His work has been commissioned by the Royal Mail, The New York Times, Penguin Books and The Guardian.

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