Follow the adventures of an intrepid explorer, and meet some of the world's most bizarre animals! Did you know there's a wasp that looks like a panda, a basilisk snake that runs over water, a butterfly with a large skull on its body, and a fish that seems to be wearing lipstick? Kids will discover all this and more, as they join an explorer doing research in the wild and see a world of curious animals. Along with detailed illustrations of these cool and surprising creatures, young naturalists get lots of fascinating information from a team of experts. Cristina Banfi graduated in Natural Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Milano and has taught in a number of scholastic institutes. She is a founding member of the Museum Didactic Association (ADM) and ADMaiora. For White Star she has written The Big Book of Giant Animals, The Little Book of Tiny Animals and The World of Dinosaurs , and cowrote Discover the World of Bugs. Rossella Trionfetti works as a children’s book illustrator, and also helps create apps and interactive games.