World Record Animals

By: Oldrich Ruzicka, Tomas Pernicky (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 1 October 2021

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Hardcover
32 Pages

Age
6+

Grade
1+

Dimensions(cm)
31.1 x 25.9 x 1

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Superheroes, record holders, and fascinating facts from the animal kingdom! Welcome to our animal Olympics! The animal world has almost infinite variety. Many of its creatures have strengths similar to superheroes. The world's fastest animals can move at the speed of a race car; one small creature has the strength of a trained weightlifter; the world's strongest animal can lift many times its own weight; and the longest-lived animal survives for several hundred years.

Fastest, slowest, strongest, largest, smallest, longest living, furthest jumping, most dangerous, most beautiful, ugliest, deepest diving these and many other record holders from the animal kingdom fill this book with unexpected, fascinating facts.

About the Author

Oldrich Ruzicka is an acclaimed Czech children’s book author whose works have been translated into many languages all over the world. After graduating from the Faculty of Education, he spent several years teaching before transitioning to publishing. He worked as chief editor and publisher of a major Czech publishing house, before founding his own. Ruzicka currently resides in Brno, Czechia.

Industry Reviews

"World Record Animals by the team of author/storyteller Oldrich Ruzicka and artist/illustrator Tomas Pernicky is an informative and entertaining compendium of animal superheroes, animal record holders, and fascinating facts from the animal kingdom in the form of an animal Olympics! The animal world has almost infinite variety. Many of its creatures have strengths similar to superheroes. The world's fastest animals can move at the speed of a race car; one small creature has the strength of a trained weightlifter; the world's strongest animal can lift many times its own weight; and the longest-lived animal survives for several hundred years. Fastest, slowest, strongest, largest, smallest, longest living, furthest jumping, most dangerous, most beautiful, ugliest, deepest diving - these and many other record holders from the animal kingdom fill "World Record Animals" with unexpected, fascinating facts -- making it an ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to family, elementary school, and community library Pets/Wildlife collections for young readers ages 6-10." - Midwest Book Review, Children's Bookwatch

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