SUPER ANIMALS: THE LOUDEST

GREATEST SOUNDS IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

AUTHOR REINA OLLIVIER AND KAREL CLAES ILLUSTRATOR STEFFIE PADMOS PUBLISHER CLAVIS PUBLISHING PRICE £14.99 / $19.95 RELEASE OUT NOW

These nine animals are all different shapes and sizes and have a range of habitats and groups, but all of them share one thing in common: they all know how to make a racket. So what’s the difference between these noises? How are these sounds produced and why are they made in the first place? This book in the Super Animals series provides fascinating facts about some of the planet’s loudest animals. They include the African lion, rooster, cicada, donkey, common frog, black howler monkey, European green woodpecker, pistol shrimp and tawny owl.

Most will be familiar with the noises of some of these, but did you know that pistol shrimp can create bubbles as hot as the Sun that explode with a deafening boom? Or that donkeys make a braying sound for up to 20 seconds at a time? Each animal has a double page filled with detailed illustrations of their body parts and key facts and stats. This helps the reader fully understand the lives of the animals before learning about their sounds. Each loud sound is explained from the animal’s point of view, personifying the animals and helping the reader relate to them. The lion explains that it roars to establish who is boss, while the rooster describes its warning ‘cackle’.