About the book
A fascinating compendium featuring over 70 unusual animal species.
What's in a name? This lively, illustrated celebration is jam-packed with creatures notable for their bizarre, baffling, and just-plain-funny names.
Meet the White-Bellied Go-Away Bird, whose cry sounds like someone screaming, \"Go away!\" Or the Aye-Aye, whose name means \"I don't know\" in Malagasy because no one wants anything to do with this bad-luck creature.
Some are obvious, if still weird––guess what the Fried Egg Jellyfish looks like. Others sound like an inside joke: It's easy to figure out what was on the taxonomist's mind when he christened a fly he discovered Pieza Pie.
Along the way you'll learn all about these curiously named animals' just-as-curious habits, appearances, and abilities.
Editions of Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781523508112
- EBook
- ISBN 9781523510900
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A fascinating compendium featuring over 70 unusual animal species.
What's in a name? This lively, illustrated celebration is jam-packed with creatures notable for their bizarre, baffling, and just-plain-funny names.
Meet the White-Bellied Go-Away Bird, whose cry sounds like someone screaming, \"Go away!\" Or the Aye-Aye, whose name means \"I don't know\" in Malagasy because no one wants anything to do with this bad-luck creature.
Some are obvious, if still weird––guess what the Fried Egg Jellyfish looks like. Others sound like an inside joke: It's easy to figure out what was on the taxonomist's mind when he christened a fly he discovered Pieza Pie.
Along the way you'll learn all about these curiously named animals' just-as-curious habits, appearances, and abilities.
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What is Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names about?
A fascinating compendium featuring over 70 unusual animal species.
What's in a name? This lively, illustrated celebration is jam-packed with creatures notable for their bizarre, baffling, and just-plain-funny names.
Meet the White-Bellied Go-Away Bird, whose cry sounds like someone screaming, \"Go away!\" Or the Aye-Aye, whose name means \"I don't know\" in Malagasy because no one wants anything to do with this bad-luck creature.
Some are obvious, if still weird––guess what the Fried Egg Jellyfish looks like. Others sound like an inside joke: It's easy to figure out what was on the taxonomist's mind when he christened a fly he discovered Pieza Pie.
Along the way you'll learn all about these curiously named animals' just-as-curious habits, appearances, and abilities.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names?
Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage: General interest > Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world
Where can I read a sample of Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781523508112
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names?
Matthew Murrie
Who is the Publisher of the book Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names?
Workman Kids
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Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names is available as paperback(ISBN 9781523508112) and ebook(ISBN 9781523510900)
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