101 Freaky Animals

101 Freaky Animals
     written by Melvin and Gilda Berger


REVIEW

Get a head start on your animal reports this year by reading about 101 Freaky Animals. Maybe after sampling animals and facts about them you'll find one that you want to go into depth and research more about it.



 

Did you know?
38. The Great Indian Hornbill males use their casques on their beaks as an inflight weapon.


24. The Fennec Fox's ears are almost 1/2 as long as its body.


51. Komodo Dragons smell with their tongues.

65. Octopuses have a bag of tricks they use to escape their predators: they can flee by squirting water out of their bodies to jet away, they can change their skin color to camoflage themselves, they can spread dark ink in the water to confuse their enemies, and they can squeeze themselves through cracks and rocks to escape quickly.

84. Sphynx Cats have no fur and they are not Egyptian.

88. Star-Nosed Moles use their 22 tentacled noses to "see."

That's just six of the 101 animals featured in the book with interesting information to learn about.

Each page has an animal named and numbered to locate easily. There's an index in the back of the book to check to see which animals are featured.

Included with each animal factoid is a full photo of the animal being discussed and a thumbnail for easy reference and connection to the text.



The facts are interesting, the photos detailed and stimulating...so this book should peak your interest and leave you wanting to find out more!

We'll be building a Wallwisher Wall this Spring with interesting animal facts and Discovery Streaming videos to watch so be sure to keep checking back on our Media Center website. When we launch the wall we will also launch a page to recommend good books to read and you can bet that this one will be on the list!

ISBN: 978-0-545-23758-1


Happy Reading!