August 2007, Kingfisher Publications
32 pages, Hardcover
Review copy
Ease of reading: 5/5
Level of information: 5/5
Pencils: 5/5
Smiles: 4/5
Yunaleska's recommended rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
I remember when I was little how much I loved books where information about animals could be found. Although this is a few years old, I requested it because it looked fun. Looks didn't disappoint me!
Everything about Ask Dr K About Animals is jam packed with brightly coloured pages full of information, some of which I didn't know about - I had no idea there were so many types of ladybirds.
The topics approached in the book are:
- How crocodiles rear their young (in their mouths)
- Life of a frog, from tadpole to adulthood (has me thinking of collecting frogspawn at school)
- Life cycles: A dragonfly and a butterfly (both start off rather differently to the end result)
- Weaverbirds and nest building (expertise comes with practice)
- The reason behind a giraffe's long neck (it didn't get pulled that way by a monkey)
- Feeding: what different animals eat (not just each other)
- Why mackeral remain in shoals (solitude will lead to death)
- Ladybirds and their spots (including water ladybirds)
- Different warning signs on animals (no, they don't hold signs up)
- The perils of life as a male orb-web spider (don't mess with the females if you want to live)
- The peace loving rabbit (who wants the world to turn vegetarian)
- Food chains (it's an animal eat animal eat plant world)
- Meals for dung beetles (sadly someone has to eat their food)
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