Sad Animal Facts: Baby Talk

'Laugh-out-loud funny! Which was unfortunate as Granny was reading it near some predators.' American robin

Meet the the newborn elephants who can't control their trunks, the fatherless birds who never learn to sing properly and the polar bear mothers who don't eat for eight months after giving birth.

In this beautifully illustrated compendium of sweet and sad facts, international bestseller Brooke Barker takes us into the world of baby animals and shows us just how complicated and adorable their creation and fight for survival can be.

If you already think you'd like to hug a baby animal, this book will make you realize just how much they need it.

'An essential addition to any bookshelf, if you have bookshelves. We live in a tunnel of sand.' Meerkat

'The only book I have ever seen.' Newborn seahorse

(The animal on the front of this book is a turtle. No turtle raises its young.)