{"id":38632,"date":"2024-03-23T21:15:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T01:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38632"},"modified":"2024-03-23T21:15:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T01:15:50","slug":"review-of-encyclopedia-of-strangely-named-animals-volume-one-by-fredrik-colting-melissa-medina-illustrated-by-vlad-stankovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38632","title":{"rendered":"Review of Encyclopedia of Strangely Named Animals, Volume One, by Fredrik Colting &#038; Melissa Medina, illustrated by Vlad Stankovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/encyclopedia_of_strangely_named_animals_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/encyclopedia_of_strangely_named_animals_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39586\" \/><\/a><em>Encyclopedia of Strangely Named Animals<\/p>\n<p>Volume One<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Fredrik Colting &#038; Melissa Medina<br \/>\nillustrated by Vlad Stankovic<\/p>\n<p>Moppet Books, 2020.  52 pages.<br \/>\nReview written November 14, 2020, from a library book<\/p>\n<p>This book is too much fun not to write a review.  This \u201cEncyclopedia\u201d is for young readers.  It lists twenty-eight strangely named animals.  Each animal gets at least a page, sometimes two, with a large picture and a short and simple paragraph about the animal.  It\u2019s straightforward \u2013 but so much fun to browse.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an example, without the impressive pictures:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Sarcastic Fringehead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sarcastic Fringehead is a small fish with a very big mouth that makes its home in empty shells off the coast of California.  When two Sarcastic Fringeheads get into a territorial argument over a shell, they settle it by pressing their huge mouths against each other.  And just like sarcastic people, whoever has the biggest mouth is the one who wins the argument.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Other strangely named animals listed here include the Chicken Turtle, Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla, Sparklemuffin (a kind of Australian spider), Pleasing Fungus Beetle, White-Bellied Go-Away Bird, Pink Fairy Armadillo, Boops Boops, Tasseled Wobbegong, and Striped Pajama Squid.  This book is a delight for curious people of all ages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moppetbookspublishing.com\/\">moppetbookspublishing.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0998820571\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n<p>*Note* To try to catch up on posting reviews, I\u2019m posting the oldest reviews I\u2019ve written on my blog without making a page on my main website. They\u2019re still good books!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Encyclopedia of Strangely Named Animals Volume One by Fredrik Colting &#038; Melissa Medina illustrated by Vlad Stankovic Moppet Books, 2020. 52 pages. Review written November 14, 2020, from a library book This book is too much fun not to write a review. This \u201cEncyclopedia\u201d is for young readers. It lists twenty-eight strangely named animals. 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