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10 Shocking Facts About Capybaras

  • ISBN 9781039716179, Hardback
  • 48 Pages | Ages 3 - 8

Acclaimed author-illustrator Melanie Watt introduces us to an incredible animal: the capybara!

We’ve all heard of capybaras, we all love capybaras, but how much do we know about them, really? Dive into this fact-based picture book and uncover the secrets — some cute, some curious, some… not so much — of these lovable oversized rodents.

For as fascinating as these animals are, there’s one extra-shocking fact that this capybara does NOT want you to know! Will the truth come out in the end?

Funny and irreverent, this new picture book offers some very interesting animal facts that will have readers laughing the whole way through while encouraging young readers to think critically and carefully about what they accept as facts.

Rights Sold

French (N. Amer.)

Selling Points

  • Melanie Watt is renowned and beloved for her cheeky Scaredy Squirrel and Chester series.
  • A clever story that can be enjoyed on many levels and by all readers young and old!
  • Helps kids understand the need to think critically.
  • Reinforces the message not to accept all that you read as “fact” and the importance of doing your own research.
  • Reflects the universal theme of acceptance.