Elephants Can't Jump & Other Freaky Facts about Animals

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Random House Publishing Group, Aug 12, 1988 - Nature - 96 pages
This fascinating look at the wacky side of our furry, fishy and feathered friends will enchant everything on two legs. Seuling's book has enough oddities of nature and quirks of science to keep humans entertained for hours. A charming fact book for millions of animal lovers and trivia fans!

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Elephants Can't Jump and Other Freaky Facts about Animals
Barbara Seuling
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16 quarts Africa anglerfish Antics and Amusements armadillo assassin bug Australia beak beaver bees birds body bones Bronx Zoo caves Cows crabs crocodile dogs dolphin earthworms ELEPHANTS CAN'T JUMP eyes Fahrenheit feathers fed 300 pounds feet fish flies freaky fact books full-grown elephant eat giraffe give birth glowworm grow hatch hive HOME SWEET HOME hornbill inside jellyfish keep Koala larvae lay their eggs leaves live lizard long migration journey male African hornbill mammal mate milk nest night nipples nudge its mother oilbird Peculiar Relationships Penguins play porcupine pouch quarts of carrots ride rivers sand SCRATCH YOURS Peculiar sea horse Sea otter seals shark shell skin SLEEP Sleeping Habits sometimes species sperm whale spider spider crab sponge stale Italian bread stinger stomach survival swim tail tarantula TASTY TIDBITS Eating teeth temperature termites TIDBITS Eating Habits tiny crea toad tooth tree tuatara tures whale wings

About the author (1988)

Barbara Seuling was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 22, 1937. Her career in publishing started when she took a job as a secretary to two editors at Dell Publishing. She later became an assistant before leaving Dell in the early 1970s. She worked at Lippincott for two years before deciding to become a freelance writer and illustrator. Her first picture book, The Teeny Tiny Woman: An Old-English Ghost Story, was published in 1976. She wrote and illustrated several more picture books and also illustrated picture-book texts for other authors. Her other works included the Freaky Facts nonfiction series and Oh No, It's Robert! She also used her publishing experience to lead small private writing workshops. Her adult nonfiction book, How to Write a Children's Book and Get It Published, first released in 1984. She died of complications from cancer on September 12, 2016 at the age of 79.

Bibliographic information

TitleElephants Can't Jump & Other Freaky Facts about Animals
AuthorBarbara Seuling
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group, 1988
ISBN0804103518, 9780804103510
Length96 pages
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Nature / Animals / General
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