Ultimate Animal Showdown
About this ebook
12 rounds. 26 incredible animals. One SUPREME WINNER. And YOU decide who wins.
Welcome to Animal Arena, where the wildest creatures on Earth step into the ring and make their case with real, jaw-dropping facts. A wisecracking penguin host keeps the action moving. You cast the votes.
Hagfish vs. snail for SLIMIEST: miles of super-strong goo against slippery crystal ooze. Gorilla vs. elephant for STRONGEST: 4,000 pounds against 13,000. Pistol shrimp vs. sperm whale for LOUDEST. Star-nosed mole vs. a naked mole rat that can survive 18 minutes without oxygen, battling it out for WEIRDEST. Across all the outrageous rounds, each contender makes its case, and you weigh the evidence and pick the winner every time.
Then comes the hardest call of all: look back at every contender, choose the most fascinating animal of them all, and crown your SUPREME WINNER.
With Lola M. Schaefer's real animal science and Enrico Lorenzi's bold, hilarious illustrations, Ultimate Animal Showdown is interactive nonfiction built for debating, rereading, and choosing a different champion every time.
Perfect for animal-obsessed kids, fact fanatics, reluctant readers, classroom read-alouds, and anyone who loves a good WHO-WOULD-WIN debate.
Pick your winners. Crown the champion. Let the showdown begin.
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About the author
Lola M. Schaefer is the author of several books for children, including An Island Grows; Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed, an NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts; and What's Up, What's Down? She lives with her husband, Ted, in the mountains of north Georgia, where she occasionally observes the back end of a black bear, coyote, or gray fox.
Enrico Lorenzi is an Italian illustrator born and raised in a small seaside town in Liguria (Italy) and currently residing in Florence, surrounded by beauty.Since he was a child, drawing has been his greatest passion and companion - Enrico spent most of his time lost in his sketchbook. As an illustrator, Enrico has worked with Candlewick Press, Random House Little Tiger, and Magic Cat as well as major Italian publishing houses Rizzoli, Battello a vapore, Sassi editore, ELi editions, Raffaello editore, Lapis, and Beisler. His U.S. debut picture book as an author/illustrator will be released in 2025 with Simon and Schuster/Beach Lane. Enrico loves getting lost in an endless search, finding and trying new techniques and mixing traditional, engraving and digital styles. His works range in different genres, from non-fiction books to illustrated books.You can find more of Enrico's works on his personal website (https://enricolorenzi.art) and on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/enrico.lorenzi)
