Weird, Wild, Amazing! Desert: Exploring the World's Incredible Drylands

by Tim Flannery, Sam Caldwell (Illustrator)

Overview

Internationally renowned author and scientist Tim Flannery explores Earth’s deserts and grasslands and the extraordinary animals that live in them.

Are zombie ants real?
How high can an armadillo jump?
What’s it like to wrestle a python?

Tim Flannery has the answers. In this informed and accessible book, he introduces some of the most spectacular and unusual creatures in our planet’s deserts and grasslands with in-depth and often-bizarre facts. Flannery ties together concepts of climate change, evolution, conservation, and taxonomy throughout each animal’s profile, firmly connecting it to its environment while sparking wonder at its role in the natural world. Packed with vibrant illustrations and guided by real-life anecdotes from one of our greatest science communicators, Weird, Wild, Amazing! Desert teaches readers to cherish and delight in our planet’s ecosystems with Flannery’s signature mix of humor and wisdom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781324019497
Publisher:	Norton Young Readers
Publication date:	04/05/2022
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	1,012,545
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	IG1100L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Tim Flannery, FAA, is an Australian mammologist, environmentalist, and scientist. He has published more than thirty books. He lives in Melbourne.

Sam Caldwell is an illustrator based in London. His art has appeared in the Guardian, Independent, and Granta.