Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing!

Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing! by Tim Flannery

Get ready for a whole new look at the world around you.  You’re about to meet the weirdest, wildest and most amazing animals on the planet.   Are zombie jellyfish real?  Do frogs like opera? Which animals eat poop? (And more importantly, WHY?!) What’s it like to wrestle a python?   Buckle up – you’re about to find out!   Bursting with bizarre facts, packed with vibrant illustrations and guided by one of the world’s greatest living scientists, Professor Tim Flannery, this deep-dive into the natural world will enthral and enlighten readers. It will also make them laugh out loud … and squirm in disgust.

'The popular naturalist reaches for a younger audience with a mix of basic and oddball facts about more than 50 wild creatures

With much reference to “poo and goo,” Flannery ratchets down his usual level of discourse to focus on essentials: the “weaponized vomit” of turkey vultures, for instance, “Snot Studies,” and anatomical insights such as the special help that tree kangaroos get from masses of stomach worms in digesting their food. The entries, loosely organized by habitat, each also offer observations on geographical range, typical diet, distinctive physical features, and, often, challenges posed by climate or environmental change. Along with an autobiographical introduction and personal notes about encounters with some of his wild subjects, the author tucks in glances at broad topics such as evolution, extinction, and scientific nomenclature too. Caldwell goes mostly for splashes of bright color and silly riffs in his illustrations, so naturalistic detail takes a back seat to a male blue whale in a lounge singer’s dress, courting scorpion and seahorse couples in ballroom garb, and like follies. Readers who relish learning about a tree-climbing turtle or how moths “love pretending to be things they’re not, like hornets or eyeballs or lumps of poop,” will be well rewarded.

A “fun book,” as promised.' – Kirkus Review

Professor Tim Flannery is one of the world’s leading scientists, explorers and conservationists. He’s worked at museums and universities in Australia and around the world, including as Director of the South Australian Museum, Visiting Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Australian Museum. He established and co-chaired the Copenhagen Climate Council, was appointed Australia’s first Climate Commissioner and is the Founder and Chief Councillor of the Australian Climate Council. In 2007, he was named Australian of the Year. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers and more than thirty books, including the award-winning Here on Earth (2010), Atmosphere of Hope (2015) and The Weather Makers (2005), which has been translated into over 20 languages. This is his first book for children.
 
Sam Caldwell has a particular talent for illustrating the world’s strangest and most fascinating creatures. He grew up in the north of England and now lives in Glasgow, Scotland, where he works as an illustrator and designer. Sam studied painting at the Edinburgh College of Art and is passionate about using texture and colour to tell stories with his art. His illustrations are regularly featured in magazines and newspapers, including The Guardian, The Independent and The Sydney Morning Herald, and his previous books include Sneaky Shadows by SC Manchild

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ISBN 13	9781760501587
ISBN 10	1760501581
Title	Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing!
Author	Tim Flannery
Series	Explore Your World
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Year published	2019-11-01
Number of pages	256
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