My Weird School Fast Facts: Dogs, Cats, and Dung Beetles: A Hysterical Nonfiction Book About Weird Animals for Kids

My Weird School Fast Facts

by Dan Gutman, Jim Paillot (Illustrator)

Think fast with A.J. and Andrea from My Weird School!  Did you know that manatees swim by farting? Did you know that a cat named Stubbs was the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, for fifteen years?! Learn more weird-but-true animal facts with A.J. and Andrea from Dan Gutman’s bestselling My Weird School series. This all-new series of nonfiction books features hundreds of hysterical facts, plus lots of photos and illustrations. Whether you’re a kid who wants to learn more about animals or simply someone who wants to know which animal is faster than an Indianapolis 500 racecar, this is the book for you! With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!

192 pages, Paperback

Published June 19, 2018

About the author

The author of over 80 books in a little over a decade of writing, Dan Gutman has written on topics from computers to baseball. Beginning his freelance career as a nonfiction author dealing mostly with sports for adults and young readers, Gutman has concentrated on juvenile fiction since 1995. His most popular titles include the time-travel sports book Honus and Me and its sequels, and a clutch of baseball books, including The Green Monster from Left Field. From hopeful and very youthful presidential candidates to stunt men, nothing is off limits in Gutman's fertile imagination. As he noted on his author Web site, since writing his first novel, They Came from Centerfield, in 1994, he has been hooked on fiction. "It was fun to write, kids loved it, and I discovered how incredibly rewarding it is to take a blank page and turn it into a WORLD."

Gutman was born in New York City in 1955, but moved to Newark, New Jersey the following year and spent his youth there.

Reviews

[Karen & Gerard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dogs, Cats, and Dung Beetles by Dan Gutman is a FUN FACT series book I found to be informative and funny! It is filled with interesting fun facts about all sorts of animals as well as some jokes throughout the book. I especially enjoyed the chapter on presidents’ pets. Arlo and Amanda both alternate sharing facts in a fun way. I highly recommend this book to any animal lover. (Karen's review)

[aarifa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kids will have a lot of fun learning about these fast facts with AJ and Andrea. I even learned some interesting things. :)

[Sunny Kim]

learned many things about animals in this book. I learned some gross things but it was pretty cool.

[Hanbin Luo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like the book because it was hilarious and informational. :)

[Betsy Strong]

Mini spoiler! There's a tiny Yorkie involved. How tiny? I WILL MAKE YOU READ!!!!