Taking as its starting point a child's desire to understand the world, this illustrated book focuses on animals, asking questions such as: why do camels have humps?, what do all birds have in common?, and which creepy-crawly is related to crabs and lobsters?

 

This book is part of a book series called I Wonder Why .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Pan Macmillan .

Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of children's books, specializing in geography.