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Description
"Who Are You Calling Weird?" by Marilyn Singer is a middle grades nonfiction book that explores unusual animals from around the world. The book features peculiar creatures such as a three-toed sloth with green fur and a star-nosed mole with a unique pink, wiggly nose. Each entry provides information about the animal's behavior, diet, habitat, and folk beliefs associated with it. The text takes readers through forests, underground burrows, and ocean depths to discover nature's most unusual animals.
Quick Summary
This book turns kids into judges in the ultimate creature competition, deciding which bizarre animal deserves the title of weirdest. They'll meet a lemur with magical fingers, a mole that can smell food underwater, and dozens of other mind-blowing creatures that sound like fairy tale inventions but are 100 percent real. If your kid loves flipping through Guinness World Records or giggling through Captain Underpants, they'll be hooked on meeting nature's strangest stars. Perfect for kids ages 9 to 13 in grades 4 through 8 who enjoy weird facts and gross-out humor.