Get Your Animals in Order

Classifying the Animal World

Michael Bright, Gavin Scott

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Wayland
30 April 2024

Children's & Educational; Nature, the natural world (Children's&YA); Educational: Sciences, general science

Animals are so familiar but what makes an animal an animal? Produced in partnership with the Natural History Museum (NHM), this clever and clear explanation of animal classification puts your animals in order and explains why classifying animals is important.

From whales to worms and snakes to stinkbugs, every creature ever discovered has been identified and added to a group within the animal kingdom. Scientists use this classification system to help them research, discover and save species. This children's book showcases the amazingly diverse range of animals found around the world and the different features that help determine their place in the animal kingdom. We see the similarities, differences and connections between animal groups, and discover how classification helps scientists conserve animals and their habitats.

'Odd-one-out' examples tell of peculiar animals that don't quite fit the natural order, such as egg-laying mammals and fish that climb trees.

Includes a zoology timeline of the people and places that have influenced the study of animals

By: Michael Bright
Illustrated by: Gavin Scott
Imprint: Wayland
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 292mm, Width: 240mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781526322340
ISBN 10: 152632234X
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 30 April 2024
Recommended Age: From 9 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Children / Juvenile , Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Bright (Author) Michael Bright has worked as an executive producer with the BBC's world-renowned Natural History Unit, based in Bristol, and with its Science Unit in London. He is author of over a hundred books on wildlife, science, travel, and conservation, including many for children. His bestseller Africa: Eye to Eye with the Unknown accompanied the popular television series presented by Sir David Attenborough. He is the recipient of many international radio and television awards, including the prestigious Prix Italia. He is a graduate of the University of London and a corporate biologist and member of the Royal Society of Biology. Gavin Scott (Illustrator) Gavin was fascinated by the natural world from an early age and spent much of his childhood drawing and painting animals and birds. He later studied BA Natural History Illustration at Bournemouth Arts University. Working as an illustrator in-house for a number of years, honing his skills in character design, his style gradually evolved from scientific into children's picture books. When he's not working he loves rock climbing on the Dorset coast and riding and fettling his old Triumph motorbike.