This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 96 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 1991 by Apple Press .

Joanne Jessop is a writer and editor of children's educational books, and is the author of several Natural History books. David Lambert is a freelance writer and has written more than sixty titles, mainly on Earth Science and Natural History.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction; life on land; water life; animal travellers; animals past, present and future.