Tor Freeman & Martin Jenkins 
The Animal Awards 
Celebrate NATURE with 50 fabulous creatures from the animal kingdom

Celebrate the most spectacular species in the animal kingdom with this amazing book of animals, illustrated by Tor Freeman.



★★★★★ ‘entertaining, engaging and charming illustrations’

★★★★★ ‘too adorable to pass up’

★★★★★ ‘great for the classrooms, inspiring for teachers and children’



Fifty fantastic creatures are awarded prizes to celebrate their most dazzling talents and some unusual skills. Roll up, roll up! The Animal Awards are about to begin. Who will win the Terrific Teeth Award? Who will claim the title of Most Smelly? Who will win the prize for Best at Pretending To Be A Plant? Celebrate with 50 brilliant animals from around the world who represent nature’s rich tapestry.



Featuring: Mound-building termite – great bustard – chimpanzee – peregrine falcon – deep-sea anglerfish – giant octopus – emperor penguin – African elephant – wandering albatross – earthworm – leaf-cutter ant – Cuvier’s beaked whale – lion – chameleon – honey bee – naked mole rat – honey badger and honey guide bird – wolf – bat – skunk – tiger – electric ray – giant panda – humpback whale – European eel – Arctic tern – caribou – beaver – orb-web spider – kangaroo – giraffe – mosquito – lyre-bird – pistol shrimp – woodpecker – blacksmith bullfrog – cheetah – dung beetle – vulture – tortoise – ostrich – leaf-tailed gecko – flounder – false coral snake – cuttlefish – lion’s mane jellyfish – axolotl – giant clam – polar bear

About the author

MARTIN JENKINS is conservation biologist and children’s writer. His jobs have varied greatly: ‘I’ve been an orchid-sleuth in Germany, a timber detective in Kenya and an investigator of the chameleon trade in Madagascar.’ His titles include Emperor’s Egg, winner of the Times Junior Information Book of the Year Award, Can We Save the Tiger, winner of the SLA Award, and Gulliver’s Travels, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. He lives in Cambridge and London.