Weird and wonderful gross animals / text by Cristina Banfi ; illustrations by Rossella Trionfetti ; [translation: TperTradurre, Rome, Italy].
Material type:
TextPublisher: Milan, Italy : White Star, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 63 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9788854419124
- 8854419125
- Gross animals
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 591.5 B215 | Available | 33111011065774 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 591.5 B215 | Available | 33111011270648 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Follow the adventures of an intrepid explorer and discover the gross habits of animals around the world.
Nature never ceases to amaze us, especially in the animal kingdom! In this book, children will accompany an explorer on her research, which has brought her face-to-face with some of the most bizarre and gross animals in the world. Young readers will discover that the Texas horned lizard will spray blood from its eyes to temporarily blind a predator, a hippopotamus scatters its feces with its tail, a giraffe cleans its ears and nose with its tongue, and many more fascinating and icky animal facts!
Did you know that starfish extend their stomach out of their mouth when they want to eat? And that herring communicate through...farts? This book will present you with lots of incredible and funny facts.