Julia Wiberg AuthorMattias Andersson Illustrator

Simple and Fun Facts about Poisonous Animals/Enkla och roliga fakta om giftiga djur

Non Fiction

Simple and Fun Facts about Poisonous Animals/Enkla och roliga fakta om giftiga djur

Imagine a cute frog with super-toxic skin. Or a beautiful sea snail that can kill up to 700 people. Or the world’s deadliest snake with razor-sharp venomous fangs… Scary, of course – but also incredibly exciting!

Poisonous animals can be found all over our planet! Read about which animals kill the most people each year, and about which animals only pretend to be poisonous, and how humans can use animal venom as medicine. You’ll even get tips on how to craft your own venomous snake or spider!

Simple and Fun Facts is a series by Julia Wiberg, featuring playful nonfiction books on kids’ favorite topics. With lively and colorful illustrations by beloved illustrator Mattias Andersson, and just the right amount of text at the perfect level, this book is ideal for curious and fact-hungry children from preschool age and up.

Reviews

Swedish Library Service

Educational, exciting, and fun

Wiberg has the knowledge and ability to present facts about animals in a way that is educational, exciting, and fun, and she applies this skill with great sensitivity in this book, which has also been fact-checked by a biologist. /…/ Mattias Andersson’s drawn, colorful illustrations have a humorous touch that highlights the animals’ distinctive features. The book concludes engagingly with ‘poisonous’ recipes and crafts.

Swedish Library Service

Phenomenal at conveying facts that stick

With humor and clarity, they bring poisonous animals—both in Sweden and around the world—to life. The yellow snake gape on the cover, nearly glowing in color, may seem scary, but despite the dangers, it is above all a fun, fact-packed book full of wow moments!

Julia Wiberg

Author

Julia Wiberg, born in 1990, grew up in the village of Täfteå in Västerbotten, the north of Sweden. Since childhood she has had a special relationship with nature and always carries her binoculars at the ready. Through her own children’s program Animals with Julia on Swedish Public Television, she spreads the love for animals and…

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Mattias Andersson

Illustrator

Mattias Andersson was born in 1986 and raised in the mountain village of Saxnäs in Vilhelmina Municipality. He has completed several courses in cartooning and 3D animation and has illustrated a number of children’s books from various publishers in recent years.

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