A funny and fascinating natural history of animal droppings, tracks and other traces, exploring how we can be detectives, by finding clues and learning about animals from what they leave behind. The contents covers faeces in great detail, footprints, nests and homes, skins, eggs and shells, and coprolites. Feature pages focus on animals, such as tigers and wolves, that are particularly dangerous to track. Fully-illustrated, this is a humorous and visually appealing book for any child with an interest in animals and nature, but particularly those children with a fondness for all things poop-related.
4 Introduction
5 A Tracker's Tools
6-7 Poo is good!
8 Big poos
9 Little poos
10-11 Bird doings
12-13 Do bears poo in the woods?
14-15 Dinosaur doo-doo
16-17 Facts about faeces
18 Quiz: Whose poo?
19 Dangerous things to track: Lions
On the right track
20-21 Footprint fun
22-23 Know your feet
24-25 Mammal tracks 1
26-27 Mammal tracks 2
28-29 Bird tracks and other trails
30 Quiz: Whose footprints are these?
31 Dangerous things to track: Snakes
Home sweet home
32-33 What lives where?
34-35 Beasts with burrows
36-37 Nest knowledge
38-39 Minibeast accommodation
40 Quiz: Whose home is this?
41 Dangerous things to track: Polar bears
Dinner's ready
42-43 Signs of munching
44-45 Leaves for lunch
46 Quiz: Animal lunch
47 Dangerous things to track: Komodo dragon
Things which are very much dead
48-49 Grisly remains
50 Quiz: Skull-duggery
51 Dangerous things to track: Wolves
Coughed up clues
52-53 Pellet power
54-55 Your pellet ID guide
More signs from the wild
56-57 How do you like you eggs?
58-59 Keep your hair on
60-61 Feathery finds
62 Quiz: Whodunnit
63 Dangerous things to track: Tigers
64 Index
Andy Seed is an author and poet, living in North Yorkshire. He writes memoirs, funny poems and humorous non-fiction books as well as all sorts of things for teachers. Andy's most popular book for adults is All Teachers Great and Small and his most popular book for children is a non-fiction book, The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff, which won the 2015 Blue Peter Best Book with Facts Award.
Claire Almon lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. Claire specializes in creating fun, dynamic characters full of life and wit. Although she can work in several styles, her voice always comes through with strong narrative. Claire holds a BFA in illustration and an MFA in animation.