Sad Animal Facts

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Sad Animal Facts 〰️

Illustrated book cover featuring "Sad Animal Facts" title with colorful letters, showing a cartoon cat with text "Cats can't taste sweet things," saying, "Tell me about ice cream again," by Brooke Barker.
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A delightful and quirky compendium of the Animal Kingdom’s more unfortunate truths, with over 150 hand-drawn illustrations.

Ever wonder what a mayfly thinks of its one-day lifespan? (They’re curious what a sunset is.) Or how a jellyfish feels about not having a heart? (Sorry, but they’re not sorry.)

This melancholy menagerie pairs the more unsavory facts of animal life with their hilarious thoughts and reactions. Sneakily informative, and wildly witty, SAD ANIMAL FACTS will have you crying with laughter.

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Macmillan (US)

Pan Macmillan (UK & Commonwealth)

Planeta Cómic (Chile)

Zhejiang (Simplified Chinese)

동물들의 슬픈 진실에 관한 이야기 (Korean)

Halb so wild (German)

La tortue qui respirait par les fesses (French)

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Book titled 'Halb So Wild' by Brooke Barker on striped fabric background.
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A book titled "Sad Animal Facts" with illustrations of animals expressing emotions like surprise, concern, and sighing, each with a speech bubble and signed "Brooke."
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