Dad, Mum and Me. A Happy Animal Family
How do animals fall in love, start a family, and raise their young?
A delightful journey into the family lives of animals from every corner of the natural world. Penguins present pebbles as gifts, crocodiles sing low rumbling serenades, fiddler crabs wave their giant claws, while meerkats live by the motto “Together we are strong.” From the deserts of Africa to the icy Antarctic, from insects to wolves, this book reveals the astonishing variety of “marriage rules” in nature.
Written with humour and warmth, the text makes scientific facts engaging and easy for young readers, while Natalia Karpova’s bright, characterful illustrations capture both the tenderness and the comic side of animal courtship.
An irresistible combination of fun and education, this book invites children to discover how animals care for one another — and their babies — in ways both familiar and wonderfully strange.
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