Big as a Giant Snail (The World of Weird Animals) - Hardcover

Keating, Jess

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 059330084X ISBN 13: 9780593300848

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2022

Synopsis

Go big or go home! Meet the biggest weirdos on Earth in this colosally cool collection from the team that brought you Pink Is For Blobfish.

It's a big wide world, full of critters that are larger than life! Sure, there are the usual suspects: blue whales, polar bears, elephant seals . . . but others will take you by surprise. The giant snail, for instance, or the ginormous Atlas moth. Like Pink Is for Blobfish and Cute as an Axolotl, Big as a Giant Snail will cover a wide variety of species, while subtly delving into misconceptions and stereotypes associated with size. Best of all? These tall tales are totally true!
 
"Awe-inspiring... This work fits into so many lessons, from endangered species to climate change and habitat preservation, that it’s hard to imagine a collection that would not benefit from having it on its shelves." —School Library Journal

About this title

About the Author

Jess Keating is a zoologist-turned-author who writes with the sort of wisdom you can only get from multiple crocodile bites and skunk sprays. Jess has been making up stories for as long as she can remember, and at the age of eight, she even started a library in her room (mainly so she could charge her brother late fees). She is also the author of the award winning biography Shark Lady and the graphic novel series Bonbon and Bun Bun. She lives with her husband in Ontario, Canada, where she is hard at work on her next book.

Reviews

K-Gr 3-Keating and DeGrand present awe-inspiring critters who defy readers' expectations about size. According to a funny, helpful scale, the snail on the cover is one banana long, but children will groan over the picture of it resting on someone's palm, or maybe delight in it. The blue whale is 200 bananas long, and a moose can be 14 bananas high, towering over humans at 10 feet tall. In this highly accessible book, the photos use cars as a scale, comic inset drawings to hammer home points, and fonts of different colors and sizes to keep things moving along. The facts are given in sidebars, while back matter includes an accessible glossary and a reiteration of scale for understanding-that atlas moth is the size of a dinner plate! VERDICT This work fits into so many lessons, from endangered species to climate change and habitat preservation, that's it's hard to imagine a collection that would not benefit from having it on its shelves. Funny, fast-paced, and full of information.-Kimberly Olson Fakihα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 059330084X
• ISBN 13: 9780593300848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: DeGrand David
• Number of pages: 48