Pink Is For Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals

I finally got my hands on a copy of this unique new nonfiction title. It's a concept book, an animal book, a fact book - it's just fun! It's also, hopefully, the beginning of a new nonfiction series - The World of Weird Animals.

Keating, author of quirky middle grade novels like How to outrun a crocodile when your shoes are untied, uses her zoology background to introduce readers to pink like they've never seen it before. From blobfish to pink fairy armadillos to pink land iguanas, pink is everywhere in the natural world. But there's more to these animals than just their color. Interesting history and quirky facts are included as well as basic stats about each animal. So, for the spread featuring roseate spoonbills we not only get a show more lovely photograph of this stunning bird, we also see some silly cartoons, learn what makes their feathers pink, and their history of near extinction and conservation. There's also a column of facts from their species name, size and physical description, to habitat and predators and threats. Back matter includes a map showing pink animals around the world, a glossary, and further information.

Verdict: This is a great gateway title to get kids who are past the typical "animal fact" fare but not ready for more challenging series like Scientists in the Field engaged in nonfiction. I'm looking forward to more titles in the series. Highly recommended.

ISBN: 9780553512274; Published 2016 by Alfred A. Knopf; Borrowed from another library in my consortium; Purchased for the library show less

A wonderfully weird and sometimes disgusting (I mean this in the best possible way) look at the colour pink. This book does a great job of breaking the stereotype of pink being a delicate, gentle colour and instead introduces readers to some fascinating and fearsome pink animals.

Do you think pink is only for princesses? Then you should take a look to this book! In it you will find seventeen fascinating animals such as tarantulas, river dolphins, armadillos, rat moles and uakaris; animals from 0.5 inch to 14 feet long; animals from every continent; animals who live in rivers, rain forests, ponds, swamps and underwater; all of them pink.

Many interesting facts are explained in a funny way. The books has pictures and cartoons, and also a glossary and a map at the end.

Amusing science is always welcome. Highly recommended!

Age range: 6 to 9 years old.

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children's nonfiction (common core!) Read this (or selective parts of it) with 2 Kindergarten classes and they LOVED it. Some of them didn't believe the creatures were real, which led to a nice discussion of true books vs. fiction books.

This book is part of a 2-part series called "The World of Weird Animals." This title focuses on pink animals. For each animal, there is a picture, a set of information including size, diet, habitat, predators, etc. The author also includes 2 paragraphs that detail an interesting fact about the animal. It is a quick and easy read but also informative.

Fascinating facts and pictures.

Interesting and surprising facts about pink animals from around the world.