This 2023 shortlisted Eve Pownall Award book for factual material presented in an imaginative manner is a unique approach to engaging children in information about Australian animals. With a wide range of animals from the deadliest of snakes, to shape shifting octopuses to the dinosaurs closest living relative there is bound to be something to engage every child or adult.

The colourful images and bite size pieces of information are perfect to engage the fleetest of attention spans and hopefully engage them in learning for more than a few minutes. The activities for this book are designed to entice readers to search for answers, explore some of the many animals in the book and delve deeply into at least one of the myriad of animals available.