Lies (people believe) About Animals - Hardcover

Susan Sussman has published twenty books for children and adults. LIES PEOPLE BELIEVE ABOUT ANIMALS and BIG FRIEND LITTLE FRIEND: A BOOK ABOUT SYMBIOSIS, were both recognized by the Science Teacher's of America as outstanding science books. Sussman also writes plays and music and won an EMMY AWARD for her screenplay adaptation of her children's book THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A CHANUKAH BUSH, SANDY GOLDSTEIN (available on CD.)

Snakes are wet and slimy. Porcupines can shoot their quills -- fact or fiction? Eleven animals have their images set straight in this informative book. The first page is an outstanding, large, high contrast black-and-white photograph followed by a small picture, with the fallacy and the truth briefly stated followed by a well researched text on how the fact got mixed-up. This book will fascinate and inform any young animal enthusiast. --School Library Journal

The authors smoothly and credibly debunk a series of myths about animals. For each animal myth exposed, there is a one-to-two page explanation of the animal and its true habits, as well as a sharp photographic portrait devoid of any background detail of each creature. A slim volume that should prove highly interesting to browsers as well as students working on animal reports. --Booklist

Armadillos give birth to two sets of identical twins, all the same sex, and can carry leprosy. The most common natural cause of an elephant's death is starvation, because at a certain age all of its teeth fall out. Want to know more? This array of uncommon but true facts about 11 animals will delight browsers, as will the sharply clear black-and-white photographs. Intriguing, informal, indexed and with bibliography. --Kirkus Children's and young-adult edition