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leafblade17's review
5.0
What caught my eye when selecting this book were the illustrations and the quirky facts on the blurb. For what it's worth, this book is very entertaining whilst also shedding deeper understanding thanks to references to academic research. I couldn't have picked a more enjoyable Zoology book and I look forward to future books by the author! Well done, Joanna!!!
leesmyth's review
4.0
Lots of fun facts about a variety of wacky creatures, written with goofy humor. Each animal gets two pages, which keeps things moving along. And the creatures are grouped by 'element' in which they live or move (earth, water, air).
I was a little taken aback by the opening description of one creature as 'flesh-colored' – what exactly is that supposed to mean? The color of human skin, presumably, but that hardly narrows it down! The author got her Ph.D. in Oxford and currently teaches in London, so presumably she knows that we come in a wide variety of colors.
I was a little taken aback by the opening description of one creature as 'flesh-colored' – what exactly is that supposed to mean? The color of human skin, presumably, but that hardly narrows it down! The author got her Ph.D. in Oxford and currently teaches in London, so presumably she knows that we come in a wide variety of colors.
moon134340child's review
4.0
Thanks for telling me that we have bugs who at night have orgies on my face to then explode when dead.
Washing my face a hundred times now.
Washing my face a hundred times now.
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