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Discover the most brilliant skills animals have ever evolved in a stylish and fascinating picture book. Body armour, seeing with sound, gliding without wings - wherever you look in the animal kingdom, you can find amazing super skills to deal with nature's trickiest challenges. In fact, these skills are so amazing that they have evolved again and again in totally unrelated animals! From tiny insects to ginormous giraffes, meet the creatures that have the same ingenious ways of surviving and thriving on planet Earth. Discover the wonders of evolution in this vibrant picture book packed with incredible facts from zoologist Dr Nick Crumpton, and illustrated by award-winning new talent Viola Wang.

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9781529518535

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... the moment we picked up this strikingly colourful, animal-filled book my daughter was hooked. Animal Super Powers drills down to the really interesting bits of animal evolution. Never mind the cute and cuddly – Nick Crumpton takes a Horrible Histories-style approach to the natural world, wowing children with the juicy bits... The detail Crumpton goes into is pitched brilliantly... the what, how and why are all covered with snappy, bite-sized text that is memorable for kids. Vibrant and detailed pictures are the perfect accompaniment, making the book ideal for KS2 children starting to learn about evolution – and their parents and teachers will likely enjoy it too. -- Rachel Duffield * https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-book-reviews/animal-super-powers-the-most-amazing-ways-animals-have-evolved *

... the moment we picked up this strikingly colourful, animal-filled book my daughter was hooked. Animal Super Powers drills down to the really interesting bits of animal evolution. Never mind the cute and cuddly – Nick Crumpton takes a Horrible Histories-style approach to the natural world, wowing children with the juicy bits... The detail Crumpton goes into is pitched brilliantly... the what, how and why are all covered with snappy, bite-sized text that is memorable for kids. Vibrant and detailed pictures are the perfect accompaniment, making the book ideal for KS2 children starting to learn about evolution – and their parents and teachers will likely enjoy it too. -- Rachel Duffield * https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-book-reviews/animal-super-powers-the-most-amazing-ways-animals-have-evolved * Meet the creatures that have unusual and interesting ways of surviving nature’s trickiest challenges in this brightly illustrated title from zoologist Crumpton. * The Bookseller *

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Dr Nick Crumpton is a zoologist and author. He has worked at the Natural History Museum, the BBC Natural History Unit, the Zoological Society London and the Royal Society. His children's books have been published by Nosy Crow and Flying Eye Books. Viola Wang is a graduate of the Children's Book Illustration MA at the Cambridge School of Art and won the Sebastian Walker Award in 2018. She was born in China, where she studied oil painting before moving to the UK to work as a graphic designer. In 2021 she was selected for the Drawing Year scholarship programme at the Royal Drawing School.

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