Enter the weird and wonderful world of creepy-crawlies.
Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school..
Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet.
Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them.
And with our `strange-o-meter', they can compare each animal based on its creepiness, fight factor and superpowers! Creepy-Crawlies include: Elephant beetle Hickory horned devil Happy-face spider Zombie snail Leafcutter ant Froghopper Spiny devil katydid Goliath birdeater spider Giant weta Asian giant hornet Scorpion Death's-head hawkmoth Bird-dung crab spider Exploding ant Other titles in the series include: - World's Strangest Predators - World's Strangest Places - World's Strangest Ocean Beasts About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure.
Inside World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies, kids will discover the tiny terror that blows itself up to save its friends, a creature so well disguised even its own species can't see it, and a giant spider the size of a dinner plate.
They're sometimes hard to spot, but there are a mind-boggling 10 billion billion bugs on the planet.
Our animal experts have unearthed 40 of the planet's most bizarre species and ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts and amazing photos, we reveal each creature's seriously strange characteristics and the unusual ways they hunt, eat or defend themselves.
Enter the weird and wonderful world of creepy-crawlies
