Mike Barfield, Paula Bossio

The Wild Life of Animals

The Secret Lives of Astounding Animals

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Imprint: Buster Books

Publication date: 02/03/2023

ISBN: 9781780558196

Age: 9-11 years

Subject: Non-Fiction

Category: Reference

Binding: Paperback

Size: 280 x 216 mm

Extent: 96 pages

Illustration: Full colour

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

A colourful and comical tour through the animal kingdom from award-winning author Mike Barfield and quirky cartoonist and illustrator Paula Bossio.

Featuring key habitats, including seas, forests, deserts and grasslands, this book uncovers the little-known but amazing adaptations, bonkers behaviour and cunning natural skills of the world’s most interesting animals. Each story is told from the animal’s own perspective. Covering creatures from all over the world, readers will meet flying snakes in the rainforest, vampire squid in the ocean and meerkats in the desert. This hilarious guide, full of fascinating facts, will entrance animal lovers everywhere, and reveal the wild lives of animals like no other.

Winner of the Hampshire Information Book award 2024

Publishing in 2024:
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Reviews:

This book is super fun and educational, filled with fascinating facts about weird and wonderful creatures, all told from the animal’s perspective. As with previous books by the author, it is in a graphic novel style format which appeals to a wide range of readers and is aimed at 7 – 12 years of age.

Armadillo magazine

Perfect for young animal lovers who like their information on the wild side.

BookTrust

Sales points:

  • Gives readers an insight into the incredible behaviours and adaptations of the world’s most interesting animals, including flying snakes, vampire squid and mountain gorillas

  • Includes a glossary to explain key terms

  • Packed with fascinating cartoon strips, whole page ‘When I Grow Up’ scenes where animals talk about what will happen when they get older and 'Wild Style' pages devoted to how animals’ particular features have helped them adapt to their environments

  • Perfect for readers who love learning about animals and the natural world

  • Written by Mike Barfield, the bestselling and Blue Peter award-winning author of A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You (which has sold in over 20 territories worldwide). Brought to life with quirky illustrations by Paula Bossio

About the Author:

Mike Barfield

Mike Barfield has been wild about animals from an early age. His love of nature took him to King’s College London where he gained a first class honours degree in botany and zoology. After a career in comedy writing for TV and radio, he turned to creating award-winning non-fiction for children built on his love of science and finding things out. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Children’s Book Award 2021 in the ‘Best Book with Facts’ category, and has also been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association for Science Education Children’s Book Prize (twice) and the De Bary Award for Outstanding Children’s Science Books (twice). His website can be found at www.mikebarfield.co.uk.

About the Author:

Paula Bossio

Paula Bossio is a Colombian artist and illustrator. Her work has received many awards in Japan, Korea, India, Italy, Mexico and Colombia. Paula loves to create whimsical and profound stories told through charming characters, vibrant colours and mixed media techniques. She is the illustrator of Where in the World?, Search Through Time and The Wild Life of Animals.

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