Publisher: Firefly Books
Copyright: 2011
ISBN: 9781554078974
Fifty Animals is an interesting book that gives the readers some very interesting information on the animals that author choose. Some of the animals are or should be expected such as the horse, cow, sheep, goat, dog, cat, pig, cod, goat, herring, chicken, turkey, and other ones that are typically seen in relation of humans.
On the other hand there are some that most people would expect unless they gave it a lot of thought such as spiny dye-murex, bald eagle, cochineal, seal, rabbit, chimpanzee, lion, seal, and oyster. And there are others that are quite unexpected such as cobra, louse, dodo, schistosome, leech, rat flea, Darwin's finches.
The book is quite well written, and an easy read and is suitable for younger readers. The only criticism I have is that lack of citations as it does tend to make me curious about some of the information that was presented. There are sections entitled "Further Reading" and "Useful Websites" but none of these entries are linked to the individual animal entries.
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