Do Animals Fall in Love?

Katharina Von Der Gathen author Anke Kuhl illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Gecko Press

Published:3rd May '21

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Do Animals Fall in Love? is like a David Attenborough documentary on the page. It’s frank, very funny, frequently astounding, and answers questions children have always asked without blushing.” Julia Marshall, Publisher

All the most fascinating and astonishing facts about animal reproduction, from seduction methods and anatomy to family life and animal babies, in a compendium for the whole family.All the most fascinating and astonishing facts about animal reproduction, from seduction methods and anatomy to family life and animal babies, in a compendium for the whole family. Bats give birth upside down. Swifts can mate while plummeting through the air. Scorpions attract their partners with a romantic dance. Male humpback whales sing together for days to bring females from many miles away. Dolphin babies come out tail first. Do Animals Fall in Love? is a compendium of all the weird and wonderful ways the animal kingdom reproduces. Wittily illustrated and frankly told, it covers courting rituals both elaborate and devious, extraordinary physiology, cleverly planned pregnancies, the most devoted fathers and the sweetest animal babies on Earth.

"What she [von der Gathen] does do is to demonstrate the wonder of species reproduction as well as her respect for her audience with frankness and good humor. They will find it irresistible in tone and content."

Starred review

-- Kirkus Reviews

"Readers will enjoy the informative yet sometimes really slyly humorous writing, and the great cartoon like realistic art."

Starred review

-- Youth Services Book Review

"This book provides fascinating answers while taking readers on a journey through the incredible animal kingdom in so doing. It’s definitely one to add to book collections be that at home, public library or school."

-- Red Reading Hub

"Detailed, labeled, and often witty illustrations."

-- Bank Street Best Children's Books 2022, outstanding m

ISBN: 9781776572915

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144 pages