author/illustrator: Giulia Vetri
ages: 6+
40 pages
23 x 31 cm
hardcover
La Partie
sold: Spanish (world), Catalan, Italian
A Long, Long Life
About this book
A gorgeous and playful book about the duration of animals’ life.
From the very short life of a fruit fly (2 months) to the eternity of the immortal jellyfish that regenerates itself, this book is a captivating exploration of animals’ lifespans.
Did you know that elephants live approximately 60 years, which represents 100 butterflylives, or that a hen will live for 12 years, i.e. 3 times longer than a worm or a wild fox?
This system of comparisons creates surprises and invites young readers to think about the place of human beings in the bigger picture of life on earth.
• Giulia Vetri’s beautiful paintings celebrate the diversity of species.
• An invitation to think about the relativity of time.
• An enthralling final non-fiction part about what can influence lifespan: being a male or a female, wild or domesticated, having its natural habitat modified by pollution or climate change, etc.