An Animal a Day: 365 Amazing Animals to Take You Through the Year

by Miranda Smith

A fascinating animal for every day of the year!



Dip in each day to discover a new animal to enjoy sharing with friends or family – make sure to find YOUR birthday animal!


Travel through the incredible ecosystems and habitats of our beautiful planet, and meet some of the most fascinating animals that call them home. Dive into the oceans to find whales and giant squid, journey across the icy poles with penguins and polar bears, race across the African savanna with lions and wildebeest – and so much more.


Each day’s entry is filled with fascinating facts – learn about completely new animals, and find out some incredible new sides to animals you might see often in everyday life.


This stunning book is packed with breathtaking illustrations to bring each animal to life. It also features information about conservation, and how we can protect endangered animals and the places they call home.


The ULTIMATE gift for animal lovers aged 6 and up.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

Published November 5, 2024

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Miranda Smith is a long-standing editor of information books for both children and adults. She has a particular interest in the field of natural history and has written books and articles for children on the subject, including the encyclopedic Living Earth (for Dorling Kindersley).

Reviews

[LibrErin]

We have been loving this one! Each day of the year has a new animal to learn about with a short description, size, eating habits and fun facts. A really great starting point for further conversation and investigation (we love looking up videos of the feature animal to see them in real-life action); lots of information included at the back about which animals are endangered and conservation efforts we can make.

It's a shame there isn't a cover image here because the illustrations are so well done
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[Read Ribbet]

Divided into the twelve months, this book presents a description of one animal a day that includes a brief description with listed scientific information including mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, insects, worms, and arachnids. Many are familiar to readers and others will be less familiar. The book ends with descriptions of endangered animals, conservation successes, a quiz, glossary, and index.

[Vonprice]

Illustrated hardback non fiction perfect for primary school children. My full review is here: http://vsviewfromthebookshelves.home....

[Michelle]

AMAZING animal fact book for kids. A little blurb about an animal every day. Great art and very informative. Short enough it doesn't feel like a chore reading it every day. Out of 14 animals we've read, there's been 1 I haven't heard of, which is amazing since my degree is in zoology.

[Angela]

I didn't read this whole thing because it's a Library book, but just speed reading it was amazing. I love the art work and the format so much. Just bought my own, and the dinosaur one too, on Amazon.

[emma jordan]

This was fine. Interesting tidbits, but the organization of which animals were in each section was a little confusing, and we did find several inaccuracies 🙃 (homeschooler alert!)

One of our daily read alouds during the school year.

[Kitchen Sink Books]

Do you have plans for 2024? Plenty of people make resolutions, some they stick with, others they give up on. It's the intention that counts so can I suggest a resolution, a habit to get into? Reading, everyday.

I know you might be wondering if this is possible, well with An Animal A Day I think you might find yourself wondering why you never did this before and I think I can guarantee the daily read, the information gathering will be lots of fun!

Learning about an animal everyday is going to take you on a journey all the way around the world to meet some, quite simply, astonishing animals - from peacock worms to the Aye-Aye (a type of lemur) and the flying dolphins of the ocean travel through the year, month-by-month, day-by-day and find your eyes opened to an astounding world of animals.

[Jessica]

I really want to do poems and animals every day and this book is perfect. Illustrations are lovely and the variety of animals is awesome. Highly recommended - I did order from Amazon UK.