Extremely Gross Animals: Stinky, Slimy and Strange Animal Adaptations by Claire Eamer was an extremely interesting, yet gross examination of some really strange animals. Terrific real-life pictures and intriguing, factual information. I learned so much! Kids would definitely love this book. I just reviewed Extremely Gross Animals by Claire Eamer. #NetGalley

This picture book full of gross animal facts would make a fun addition to any library - public, school, or classroom. It's perfect for all nonfiction-loving kids and is sure to be the talk of the classroom as kids clamor to tell their friends all about the eww-inspiring grossness inside!

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I loved this book!

I thought that the different animals that had been picked for the book were great - there was quite a variety and they were all a little "gross" on their own special ways!

the book has some great facts and fun details too.

It is 5 stars from me for this one - very highly recommended!

Ick!
This interesting book exposes the reader to all sorts of insects, sea life, amphibians, birds, and even a few animals that use excreta and other bodily messes for food, camouflage, and more. All of the rather complex information is clearly subsidized with pictures. Excellent learning tool I've never seen used in schools. I plan to get one for my local library.
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A fabulously gross exploration of animals. Great pictures, fascinating info, well written and accessible for students of all ages. Will definitely buy for my classroom.

Kids love animals and gross things so why not have a whole book dedicated to gross animals! I read this with my 7 year olds and they loved the nastiness that was spit, gas and just plain funk! This will be a favorite book for lots of kids!

This book would be wonderful for a classroom library. This book shows all the grossness of insects and animals that children would love to look at and read. There is a glossary at the end that talks about each and every word that would be new to someone. There is real life pictures and you can see what each and every thing looks like where they live. Again, this would be good for a classroom library or for a child who likes to look at some "gross" things.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely love this cover!

The book is unique and educational. It was a great read for my kids and I. We LOVE reading about unique and different animals.

Overall, I'd definitely read more books by this author.

Extremely Gross Animals
Stinky, Slimy and Strange Animal Adaptations
by Claire Eamer
Back of the Book: “All things disgusting are featured in this weird and wonderful exploration of the grossest of the gross in the animal kingdom. (Barf bag not included!) Snot. Vomit. Spit. Poop. Everyone knows these are gross, right? Well, for some animals, they're crucial ingredients for survival! This book describes more than 30 of these animals --- the grossest of the gross --- and explores how their habits, as revolting as they might be, help them thrive. From dung beetles who live for feces, to hagfish who cover themselves in gooey slime to ward off predators, to bullfrogs who can puke up their entire stomachs for cleaning purposes, these animals have novel adaptations that work well for them. It's all so icky. And so awfully interesting! A definite kid pick, the strange-but-true gross factor of this book will appeal to readers at every aptitude level. It's also sure to inspire curiosity about these unusual creatures --- many of which will be new to most readers --- and about life science in general. In her signature style, Claire Eamer, an award-winning children's science writer, has fun with the yuck factor without sacrificing credibility or accuracy of the information. Organized into seven four-page sections, the playful, eye-catching design, with lots of detailed photos, keeps the interest level high on every spread. There are links here to life science topics, including animals and the diversity of living things. End matter includes a glossary, selected sources and an index.”
Impressions: I have two boys, 5 and 9 years old, who loved this book. I, on the other hand, was really grossed out after reading it. It was an effective book in getting my oldest interested in reading and science! If you think you are up for a really gross read this book is spot on!
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Author Claire Eamer should be congratulated for moving well beyond the ick factor to show readers that animal behaviors we might see as gross are actually adaptations that help these animals survive and thrive. Although the book does elaborate on behaviors that readers might see as gross, there is a reason for this behavior. That reason is survival. The photographs in the book are informative, and yes, somewhat gross. Still, Eamer has managed in this short book to extend readers’ understanding of the animal world and how scientists study animal behavior.

Students always like reading about animals, as well as both weird and gross things, so this book fits the bill on all measures!

The pictures in this book were fantastic. I’d love to read parts of it to my class each day. Lots of information in it, but there are interesting topics and it would be great to teach text features. I will be getting this for my fourth grade class.

This book is classified as children's nonfiction and the version reviewed was 40 pages. My thought was ... I've been an animal lover forever, its only 40 pages, lets see how many facts this book contains that I didn't know. Yep. I'm going to give it 5 stars. I shared at least three sections with my husband as I read this book.

I liked the end of the book that suggested that if you made it this far, you might be interested in becoming a scientist.

This book could be significantly longer than 40 pages. It took much longer to read than I thought it might. Often there were two "animals" on the same page; the author could provide more detail on the particular critter and easily have a page for each "adaptation".

Humans create 1/2 gallon of mucus every day, we swallow most of it. Frogs sometimes belch out their stomach and shove it back in with their right hand. Rabbits poop differently in day vs evening. I'm amazed at all the cool, gross stuff that I just absorbed with this book. Nicely done.

This advance read copy was provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Clair Eamer (the author) for this opportunity.

I've deemed several books that try and bring the gross-out sensibility to the biology classroom less than perfect, when they never try and explain how and why the animals look or behave in most peculiar ways. And what do we get here? Yup, the 'E' word dropped on page one. At last! And we're not really learning about animal evolution here, or not yet, for we're looking at how there's a biological imperative in humans to find poo-eating, snottiness and generally gross animal characteristics so yucky.

After that we're still on to a winner, with science on every further page. It's just not good enough to say that baby elephants eat their parents', er, output – we need the science of how it charges their gut flora up for when they've weaned, too. Now, I know not every teacher could provide the answer to the question 'how did the hagfish evolve its unique slime defence?', but I'd much rather have evolution and how animals adopt specific traits in a book for the school than not. We get bombardier beetle defence systems in more detail than I've seen before, frogs washing their stomachs of unwanted stuff when their guts are hanging outside their mouths, and more. No, teachers can rest assured that we don't get the full gamut of gross photography possible, far from it. But what we do have it the perfect amalgam of entertainment and science that other, similar books (and there are plenty of them by now!) can only pretend to provide. It might have even gone a little further in bringing evolution and adaptation into things, but this is the new benchmark for such volumes. Four and a half stars.