Just the Right Size: Why Big Animals are Big and Little Animals are Little
Author(s): Nicola Davies and Neal Layton (illustrator)
This title offers a look at why animals need to be the size they are - part of the six book series about natural biology which started with "Poo" and now includes "Extreme Animals" and "What's Eating You"? Have you ever wondered why animals are the size they are? Why some animals are big, why some are wide, why some are small and others are long and thin? Find out in this informative and wittily illustrated natural history book that explains all about how animals fit in to their environment and why, big, wide, small, long or thin, they are all just the right size. This is a companion title to "Extreme Animals" (9781406305593), "What's Eating You?" (9781406313543) and "Poo" (9781844287512), which has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide.
Product Information
Nicola Davies is a zoologist and writer, who has also produced and presented several radio and TV programmes. Her books for children include many acclaimed non-fiction titles such as Poo, Extreme Animals and Ice Bear (9781406302059), as well as the novel Home (9780744559835). She lives in Devon. Neal Layton has illustrated more than forty books, including Poo by Nicola Davies and Rover by Michael Rosen. He has also illustrated his own stories, which include Oscar and Arabella and Bartholomew and the Bug, both winners of the Smarties Book Prize Bronze Award. He lives in Hampshire.
General Fields
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- : Walker Books Ltd
- : Walker Books Ltd
- : 01 November 2010
- : 150mm X 240mm
- : 01 January 2018
- : books
Special Fields
- : Nicola Davies and Neal Layton (illustrator)
- : Paperback
- : 11-Oct
- : 591.41
- : 6-9
- : 64
- : col. Illustrations