Product Description
A look at why animals need to be the size they are - part of the six book series about natural biology which started with Poo and now includes Extreme Animals and What's Eating You.Have you ever wondered why animals are the size they are? Why some animals are big, why some are wide, why some are small and others are long and thin? Find out in this informative and wittily illustrated natural history book that explains all about how animals fit in to their environment and why, big, wide, small, long or thin, they are all just the right size.
About the Author
Nicola Davies is a zoologist and writer, who has also produced and presented several radio and TV programmes. Her books for children include many acclaimed non-fiction titles such as Poo, Extreme Animals and Ice Bear (9781406302059), as well as the novel Home (9780744559835). She lives in Devon. Neal Layton has illustrated more than forty books, including Poo by Nicola Davies and Rover by Michael Rosen. He has also illustrated his own stories, which include Oscar and Arabella and Bartholomew and the Bug, both winners of the Smarties Book Prize Bronze Award. He lives in Hampshire.
