I received this book from the publisher + Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review.

A big big thank you to the publisher for granting my request for this book! I am slowly trying to also go for books that need to be requested on Edelweiss and so far I have had a few yesses including this one!

This one just sounded right up my alley. I love books about animals but I love it when someone doesn’t go for your standard animal book but instead makes something like this. About farts, toots, burps, spits, and more, something funny. And I can tell you that this book was hilarious! I laughed a lot and I learned some new facts (which I always love).

In this book we have 8 chapters. Each chapter has anywhere from 3 to 5 animals featured. We read about snot shooters (ewww), gulpers/gorgers/piggy eaters, public poopers, screechers and more. I had some animals I would expect to be in the book, like llamas because they are such excellent spitters, or cows under farts because I know cows are very gassy, or parrotfish because of their poop. And they are in the book! Plus, many others that I recognise and were very fitting for they categories. But I also discovered new ones or animals that I knew but didn’t know they did that. Like for instance Sea Cucumbers getting their stomach out (which looks very nope) or how Manatees use their farts to float up or go down. But I also discovered new animals like the Arctic Skua or Green Lacewing.

Most animals get two pages each but there are a couple that need to share the space. On each page we get the name of the animal in both English and Latin along with size/habitat/etc. and then we learn all about that animal. Plus, we get a really fun illustration along with it + some facts or bonus deets on the animal. I was definitely liking the extra facts, some made me laugh, like how a truck carrying hagfish (a very slimy boy) was overturned and the whole highway turned snotty. Or how a school of herring had the Swedish Navy thinking that the Russians were there because of the FRTs they heard. Or that honey badgers are also known as rattlers because of the sound they make.

After each chapter there is an interview with someone that does research/science stuff in that field. Like Noah Strycker who is an ornithologist and keeps an eye on penguins. I really liked the interviews and love that they were added!

As I said, the illustrations in the book were just oodles of fun, I love the style.

All in all, I am definitely considering adding this book to my shelves when the book releases. I would also recommend this hilarious and fun book to everyone.