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Odd Bods: The World's Unusual Animals by Julie Murphy is a nonfiction book for young readers which is currently scheduled for release on March 2 2021. Long snouts, bright-red lips, pointy heads; the animal kingdom is full of critters with unique features. Learn about the incredible adaptations that help these creatures, and their odd bods, survive and thrive all around the globe! This album introduces strikingly unusual looking members of the animal kingdom from around the world.

Odd Bods is a great look at some of the unusual creatures we share the planet with. I have always loved the underdog, the oddball creatures with so ugly they are cute faces and strange abilities. This book gave me bold, full color, photographs of some of these creatures along with simple text that let readers know how that odd feature helps them survive. Sometimes as camouflage, or to help them eat or drink in their environments, and sometimes to help build a cozy home. I really liked that at the end of the book there is even more information about the featured creatures, and suggestions for further reading. I think this is a must have for young readers with a love for animals and science, including in lower grade classrooms and libraries.

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The bright photographs in this nonfiction title make it an enticing skim. However, the information for each animal makes leaves a lot to be desired. It's that weird limbo between too mature to be a picture book, but too immature in content to be of interest to elementary-aged kids.

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

I absolutely love the simplicity of this cover!

The book is unique and educational. It was a great read for my kids and I.

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

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<i>The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!</i>
A short and interesting book about animals with unusual yet useful features. The photos in this book were outstanding, and there's always a demand for animal fact books. This book reminded me a bit of (and could be paired with) Jess Keating's The World of Weird Animals series... but was a bit more simple. Odd Bods is the length of a picture book and doesn't have a lot of text or information, so it's a little slight; but what's inside is fun and visual. I could see myself using the book for classroom visits/booktalks.

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