Even More Lesser Spotted Animals

by Martin Brown

Overview

Approachable and funny, Even More Lesser Spotted Animals combines the humor and verve of Sandra Markle with the gorgeous presentation of picture books from Steve Jenkins and Diana Aston.

Just as Lesser Spotted Animals showed you some of the wonderfully WOW wildlife we never get to see, the next book of the lesser known animal kingdom reveals the stories of even more of the world's unseen and unsung creatures. No king-of-the-jungle, fancy-pants, hair necked lions here -- we've got the magnificent maned wolf instead. No blue whales either, we've got beaked whales -- and lorises and dingisos and dibatags and many, many more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338495256
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	07/30/2019
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	56
File size:	67 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Martin Brown moved from Australia to the United Kingdom in 1982 as a back-packing antipodean and never left. He is the illustrator of the hugely successful Horrible Histories series, which have sold over twenty-five million copies worldwide. Lesser Spotted Animals is the first book he has both written and illustrated.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Lesser Spotted Animals:A Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2017Best Children's Books of 2017, So Far” list on Amazon for Children's nonfictionA Junior Library Guild Selection* "With a compulsively engaging tone, lighthearted artwork, and a meaningful kernel of education at its heart, this excellent book will entrance a wide variety of readers, who will surely be eager for more." — Booklist, starred review* "This ambitious nonfiction picture book... is both informative and funny–quite a feat." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

From the Publisher

07/01/2019

Gr 1–4–Brown illuminates the lives of animals in the most fun and informative way. His text and illustrations about lesser-known animals make for a laugh-out-loud and insightful work that smoothly flows from beginning to end. Even the endpapers are instructive and compelling. Before the title page, a snout appears above the waterline: "Who's there?" The answer is located in the text and confirmed in the final endpaper. Back matter reflects the book's tight organization throughout, where physical features, habitat, diet, memorable facts, and more are revealed. These animals originate from all over the world, and the text includes their endangered status. The eight possible statuses are clearly explained, from data deficient to extinct. End matter contains a well-written glossary and one more fun-filled fact. VERDICT This rare find takes readers to enjoyable heights. A delightful and highly engaging work.—Nancy Call, formerly at Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Aptos, CA

School Library Journal

★ 2019-04-28
How can we save animals if we've never heard of them?

In his introduction to this follow-up to Lesser Spotted Animals (2017), Brown explains that he aims to rectify that problem with this album of 26 more marvelous mammals from around the world: not "fancy-pants lions" but "the little guys" from "the big world of wildlife." From the tree-dwelling dingiso of New Guinea (a "teddy bear kangaroo") to the Celebes crested macaque (a "monkey with a mohawk"), the British author/illustrator has chosen curious creatures that are likely to appeal to middle-grade animal lovers everywhere. Some, such as the Syrian brown bear or the Indian giant squirrel, are unfamiliar variants of familiar species; others, like the shrewlike black and rufous sengi of eastern Africa or the Altai argali (a huge Mongolian sheep), are likely to be totally new. An engaging, informal text introduces the highlighted species and sometimes some similar relatives; boxed fast facts include a map of the animal's range and, crucially, its International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List status, from data deficient or least concern to critically endangered. Dialogue balloons of animal commentary add humor throughout, even in the helpful and entertaining glossary. The illustrations include at least one relatively realistic portrait of each spotlighted animal as well as cartoony treatments. Page numbers and thumbnails in the table of contents add to the informational value of this lighthearted reminder of a serious environmental concern.

A welcome, equally successful companion to Lesser Spotted Animals. (Informational picture book. 7-10)

Kirkus Reviews