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Brown, Martin

Lesser Spotted Animals: The Coolest Creatures You've Never Heard Of

54 pp. | Scholastic/Fickling | January, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-338-08934-9 $18.99

(4) 4-6 This browsable compendium highlights twenty-three less-familiar mammals, including the numbat, solenodon, and Speke's pectinator. Each two-page entry includes a box of basic facts (size, diet, habitat, endangered status, and region map), cartoony illustrations, and a cheekily narrated text that sometimes gets in its own way in an attempt at humor. Overall, this is a diverting introduction to some unusual creatures. Glos.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo