Steve Parish Kids: Junior Encyclopedia of Australian Wildlife

The most up-to-date junior reference text on Australia’s fascinating land-based animals — a must-have for every nature lover’s home library!

The Steve Parish Junior Encyclopedia of Australian Wildlife combines full-colour photographs with informative, easy-to-read text that introduces children and adults to Australia’s fascinating wildlife. All major groups of land-based vertebrate and invertebrate animals are covered, from mammals to freshwater fishes. Find out why koalas are so sleepy; which frogs are Australia’s tiniest; which animal smells with its tongue; how crickets “sing”; which fish “shoots” its prey; and which animal’s skeleton glows under ultraviolet light!