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The World's Most Pointless Animals
Philip Bunting
(illustrator),
Surry Hills
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Little Hare Books
,
2021
21063096
2021
single work
picture book
information book
children's
'We share our planet with some truly weird and wonderful creatures, from blobfish to pink fairy armadillos, who all (let’s be honest) seem pretty pointless. But what do these creatures actually do?!
'A witty, quirky, colourfully-illustrated book featuring some very silly animals. With a humorous, sardonic tone throughout, it contains funny labelled diagrams and some excellent made-up Latin names (n.b. the jellyfish’s scientific name is not actually wibblious wobblious ouchii…) but, importantly, it conveys genuinely fascinating facts about these animals, who are perhaps not so pointless after all. ' (Publication summary)
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The World's Most Ridiculous Animals
Philip Bunting
(illustrator),
Richmond
:
Hardie Grant Books
,
2022
24415838
2022
single work
information book
children's
'The next hilarious, playfully irreverent title in The World's Most... series, written and illustrated by Philip Bunting. The World’s Most Ridiculous Animals is all about absurd-looking animals with incredible (if somewhat seemingly over-the-top) features and characteristics such as the Peacock, Anglerfish, Panther Chameleon, Nudibranch, Tasseled Wobbeging, Glasswing Butterfly, Sea Sheep . . . and many more.' (Publication summary)
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