author/illustrator: Clara Corman
ages: 7+
38 pages
28 x 38 cm
hardcover
Curiosities
About this book
A stunning lift-the-flap non-fiction book that invites children to explore nature's strangest, most beautiful and most surprising creatures and plants — classified not by scientific family, but by appearance.
The book adopts an original thematic structure: visual chapters — bulbous, spiky, multicoloured, striped, spotted, jagged... — that give it the feel of a genuine cabinet of curiosities.
Each spread reveals species chosen for their unusual or spectacular appearance, accompanied by short, precise and accessible texts.
Throughout the pages, a strong sense of the strange and the funny is ever-present: a toad that carries its eggs on its back, a marine worm with a pig's bottom, a boxer crab brandishing anemones... All manner of subjects that make you smile, astonish and provoke curiosity.
A new title by Clara Corman, whose previous books at Amaterra have been translated into 8 languages.BY THE SAME ILLUSTRATOR