Axolotl!: Fun Facts About the World's Coolest Salamander - An Info-Picturebook for Kids (Funny Fauna)

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If you're having a bad day, I highly recommend looking up quokkas, flying dwarf squirrels, pygmy hippos, and fennec foxes. The other major element of the novel is Dukaj's attempts to introduce the reader to the new style of electronic literature.

It would make an ideal companion to Duellman and Trueb (see below), although Wells' book is written in a much more readable style than the other (which is a University level textbook). Indiviglio, Frank, " Newts and Salamanders: a Complete Pet Owner's Manual", 1997, Barron's Educational Series. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). I'm somewhat disappointed that there are no colour photographs in Wells' otherwise beautiful book but that's the only criticism I can make. The Little Book of Axolotl Wisdom is the perfect gift book for axolotl fanatics as well as any animal lover.VERDICT: Strong appeal for curious kids interested in unusual creatures and to fill subject holes in more comprehensive animal collections. This book isn't bedtime reading, but if you would like to know all there is to know about what makes your amphibian tick, this is the book for you. Other, more common salamanders might look like the axolotl when really young, but their gills will fall off, they’ll grow lungs, they’ll start living on the earth like lizards,” Bondestam said.

The only other time I went into a pet adoption blind," Brown added, "I came home with two green anole lizards.Almost every book about salamanders mentions the Axolotl to some extent, so they're usually worth a look.

Each captivating animal photograph is accompanied by several kinds of text content: an exuberant paragraph highlighting the strangest facts about the animal; a sidebar detailing the animal’s name, species name, size, diet, habitat, and predators and threats; and a paragraph with information that is more serious but no less interesting. Through publishing a diverse array of transporting stories, Yonder nurtures the next generation of savvy global citizens and lifelong readers.

So it was a big deal when scientists in 2020 reported the discovery of a 230-million-year-old fossil, the earliest known salamander, in Kyrgyzstan. A great book for any animal-loving kiddo; full of adorable photos and fun facts about the animals featured.