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'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.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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y
Best Books of 2019
Angela Crocombe
(presenter),
Leanne Hall
(presenter),
Melbourne
:
Readings
,
2019
18804805
2019
single work
podcast
interview
'In the third episode of the Readings Kids Podcast, Leanne and Angela do a whistle-stop tour of their favourite books of the past year. This episode also includes a bonus interview with YA author Will Kostakis about his new fantasy book, Monuments.'
Source: Soundcloud.
-
y
Best Books of 2019
Angela Crocombe
(presenter),
Leanne Hall
(presenter),
Melbourne
:
Readings
,
2019
18804805
2019
single work
podcast
interview
'In the third episode of the Readings Kids Podcast, Leanne and Angela do a whistle-stop tour of their favourite books of the past year. This episode also includes a bonus interview with YA author Will Kostakis about his new fantasy book, Monuments.'
Source: Soundcloud.
Awards
- 2020 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Non-Fiction
- 2020 longlisted Booksellers Choice Award — Children's Book of the Year
- 2020 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children
- 2020 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction Illustrated Book designed by Pooja Desai and Kristy Lund-White.
- 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book