This is a fabulous book ideal for KS1, for each of the sections you have a guess the … page, followed by the reveal and a set of interesting facts for each of the animals.
The illustrations are bright and engaging and the facts are indeed fascinating!

How exciting as an animal keeper to have a book I can share with my child that includes Malayan tapirs and gharials, and even has a section on animal poop! This book includes animals that are both well-known and less commonly known, Broken into 12 topics, a handful of animals are selected that represent each one and additional facts are given to us (under diet, we learn koalas eat primarily eucalyptus and sleep 20 hours a day because there is little nutrition in the leaves).

I love the layout of the book, how small clues help children guess which animal matches each fact, and then the next pages go into further detail. This interactive feature is perfect for younger readers. The facts are interesting and engaging. I found the illustrations well-drawn and vibrant, especially important for some of the colorful animals and patterns. It was a pleasure to look at and read. I also enjoyed the last page encouraging children to keep reading and learning.

This is a wonderful children's book and would appeal to toddlers reading with parents, as well as older children interested in learning animal facts. I received this as an ARC from NetGalley.

Bright, fun and delightfully organized into matching body parts: tongues, tails, teeth, fur and so forth. Each section allows children to take a quiz on which part goes with which critter, which will help keep children interested as they guess. But the facts are interesting for adult readers, too. (Who knew the chow had a blue tongue?) I enjoyed this book very much and wish I'd been able to download it to Kindle so I could share it with my grandchildren. I also couldn't put a review on Goodreads because the book wasn't listed there. But I enjoyed it and highly recommend this for pre-school and early readers.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book is exactly as it is described. There are lots of cool facts that were new to me. Thr illustrations were simple and easy to follow. I liked learning about the chow chow tongue and whale poop🤷🏼‍♀️

Funny and Fascinating Animals was a fun picture book. I enjoyed the matching games and the animal facts! The illustrations are bright and fun! This would be great for a variety of ages.

Okay, this book was amazing! We loved all of the pictures and the different activities on each page. My three year old loved looking for the different things in the pictures and trying to figure out who matches what! The illustrations were so pretty, colorful and fun. Not only were the matching games fun, but we learned so many animals and facts that we didn't know before! I'll definitely be recommending this to everyone who has young children. This is one we wound read over and over!

Thank you Chouette Publishing / CrackBoom! Books for a digital copy of this book! This book is out now, and we definitely recommend it.

💙 Mommy (@that.bookmom) and Ronan (@thatbookkid) approved ✅

This was such a cute book. The animal facts are super interesting. The animal illustrations are excellent. I would have no trouble letting my child read this book. I enjoy books that give facts about things and the book isn't too challenging for a child to read on their own or have a parent help them read.

Alternatively listed as "Can You Guess the Animal?" and "Funny and Fascinating Animals!", this is a very early biology and nature book, but not a worthless one at all. I suspected it would be a random list of factoids and trivia, telling us something of the world based on a few superlatives. But what we get was a bit more gathered, cohesive and coherent. Here is a spread covering animal tongues, and it's a simple task to match the six tongues with the six critters. Turn the page and a different presentation of them all contains the written information, meaning that yes we can both learn the colour of a giraffe's tongue and that it can be used to lick its own ears out. We're quickly on to other body parts, introducing us to the 150 tail feathers of a peacock, and a whole lot more – including bringing to the young attention the concept of identifying the beasts by their footprints, scat or other leavings. I think it's hampered by the artwork being so basic, cartoonish and unrealistic, but it just about justifies its place in proceedings. A slightly cautious four stars, then.