What's the Weirdest Thing About Animals?

“Every species has something fascinating and bizarre about it – whether it’s worms that glow red-and-green like a traffic light or birds with claws bigger than those of a grizzly bear. Basically, the animal world is massively, wonderfully weird. But have you ever wondered just how weird things get?”From bottom-breathing turtles to fish that live in trees, set off with Edward Brooke-Hitching on a fact-packed safari to discover the strangest, silliest, and down-right weirdest things our planet’s amazing animals has to offer.Written by QI elf and author extraordinaire, the first book in Brooke-Hitching’s spectacular new series is extraordinarily enlightening and seriously shareable. Both information- and humour-rich, it is a glorious treasure trove of bite-sized facts for children to either snack on throughout the week or gobble up all in one go. And with a ‘Who’s the Smartest?’ quiz at the end of each section, this book is the perfect companion for children determined to know their barking piranhas from their purring rottweilers – and that’s a fact!Also available in this series: What’s the Weirdest Thing About the World.

Edward Brooke-Hitching was until recently a writer for TV’s QI. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. His writing has featured in the Guardian, The Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist and the Washington Post, amongst others. An unsuccessful amateur sword-swallower, he lives in Berkshire. Jez Tuya is an illustrator based in Wellington, New Zealand’s windy capital. He’s been honing his craft and working as an illustrator for many years, and over this time he’s worked for many clients in children’s book publishing including Walker Books, Nosy Crow, Usborne and Dorling Kindersley.