
Small World
Meet 30 of Earth's Tiniest Creatures
Nick Crumpton(Author)
Wide Eyed Editions (Publisher)
Published on 18. March 2025
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-0-7112-8857-7 (ISBN)
Description
Who can resist teeny tiny animals? From a tortoise that could fit in your palm, to a crab no bigger than your fingernail - this big and beautiful book is dedicated to tiny animals from around the world.
Turn the pages and set off on your adventure, meeting nature's smallest creatures and taking a peek into their little - but very lovable - lives. These animals may be mini, but their stories are mighty!
The book is divided into six chapters, one for each animal type:
Birds
Fish
Amphibians
Invertebrates
Mammals
Reptiles
Within each chapter, you meet five teeny animals from around the world. Each animal is introduced over a fully illustrated spread. Prepare to be welcomed to the little animal's life, introduced to its habitat, and walked through the creature's habits and how it navigates its world - with special emphasis on its size, and the benefits and challenges that come with it.
Animals include:
An adorable finger monkey (pygmy marmoset)
A flying lizard
A Bee hummingbird - the smallest of all birds
A little penguin
A tiny Fennec fox from Morocco
A feisty pom-pom crab
Each chapter ends with an amazing life-size spread, which shows the animals from that chapter at their true size!
Featuring 30 teeny creatures from around the world, this book is the perfect gift for animal lovers ages 7+.
Turn the pages and set off on your adventure, meeting nature's smallest creatures and taking a peek into their little - but very lovable - lives. These animals may be mini, but their stories are mighty!
The book is divided into six chapters, one for each animal type:
Birds
Fish
Amphibians
Invertebrates
Mammals
Reptiles
Within each chapter, you meet five teeny animals from around the world. Each animal is introduced over a fully illustrated spread. Prepare to be welcomed to the little animal's life, introduced to its habitat, and walked through the creature's habits and how it navigates its world - with special emphasis on its size, and the benefits and challenges that come with it.
Animals include:
An adorable finger monkey (pygmy marmoset)
A flying lizard
A Bee hummingbird - the smallest of all birds
A little penguin
A tiny Fennec fox from Morocco
A feisty pom-pom crab
Each chapter ends with an amazing life-size spread, which shows the animals from that chapter at their true size!
Featuring 30 teeny creatures from around the world, this book is the perfect gift for animal lovers ages 7+.
Reviews / Votes
"...a unique and unreservedly recommended addition to family, elementary school, and community library wildlife themed picture books." * The Midwest Book Review * "Thirty of the tiniest animals appear in this beautifully illustrated informational coffee table book that will entertain the whole family." * Children's Literature *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Fifth Grade, Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
color illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 312 mm
Width: 259 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7112-8857-7 (9780711288577)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Dr Nick Crumpton is a zoologist and author based in London, England. He has worked at the Natural History Museum, the BBC Natural History Unit, the Zoological Society London and the Royal Society. His children's books have been published by Nosy Crow and Flying Eye Books.
Content
INTRODUCTION
BIRDS
Bee hummingbird
Black-thighed falconet
Goldcrest
Elf owl
Australian little penguin
Life-size bird
FISH
Mini carp
Denise's pygmy seahorse
Dwarf lantern shark
Male fanfin angler
Ocellaris clownfish
Life-size fish
AMPHIBIANS
Broad-snout casque-headed tree frog
Olm
Taita Hills caecilian
Oak toad
Pumpkin toadlet
Life-size amphibians
INVERTIBRATES
Monarch butterfly
Coconut octopus
Common kingslayer
Pom-pom crab
Peacock spider
Life-size invertebrates
MAMMALS
Hero shrew
Kitti's hog-nosed bat
Fennec fox
Rusty-spotted cat
Western pygmy marmoset
Life-size mammal
REPTILES
Nano-chameleon
Armadillo lizard
Speckled Cape tortoise
Barbados threadsnake
Indian flying lizard
Life-size reptiles
THE VERY SMALLEST ANIMALS
GLOSSARY
INDEX
BIRDS
Bee hummingbird
Black-thighed falconet
Goldcrest
Elf owl
Australian little penguin
Life-size bird
FISH
Mini carp
Denise's pygmy seahorse
Dwarf lantern shark
Male fanfin angler
Ocellaris clownfish
Life-size fish
AMPHIBIANS
Broad-snout casque-headed tree frog
Olm
Taita Hills caecilian
Oak toad
Pumpkin toadlet
Life-size amphibians
INVERTIBRATES
Monarch butterfly
Coconut octopus
Common kingslayer
Pom-pom crab
Peacock spider
Life-size invertebrates
MAMMALS
Hero shrew
Kitti's hog-nosed bat
Fennec fox
Rusty-spotted cat
Western pygmy marmoset
Life-size mammal
REPTILES
Nano-chameleon
Armadillo lizard
Speckled Cape tortoise
Barbados threadsnake
Indian flying lizard
Life-size reptiles
THE VERY SMALLEST ANIMALS
GLOSSARY
INDEX