Adorable wonderful book!!

Will become a firm family favourite on the bookshelf.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me access an advance copy of this book in exchange for my feedback.

This is such a brilliant, fun and informative read for kids! In the world there are many animal relationships where animals work with other creatures, not their own species, which benefits both or at least one of them. This book shows a whole lot of different pairs of animals and how they benefit themselves and each other in different ways, and how they are often the best of friends.

This is a wonderful picture book and one I have enjoyed reading so much and have learned so much from. ‘Animal BFFs’ is filled with so many lovely illustrations and some small pieces of text making it easy to pick up and read straight away. There are three different types of animal relationships explained in the book, mutual, commensal and parasitic, and each relationship between two animals is explain on two double pages. The first of the double pages shows the two animals in an often funny scene, such as egrets and water buffaloes exercising together, before the next double pages show what relationship the animals actually have together. The animals talk in speech bubbles which makes understanding about their relationships much easier and more fun. There is also a box of extra facts at the end, adding more detail about their relationship as well as more interesting facts about the animals.

I love how this book looks visually. Each double page is so engaging with many wonderful and fun illustrations of the different animals and what relationship they have. I have to say that some of my favourites are the beaver and the warthog which just look so cute and are in an illustrations style I love! Each of the animals looks so fun, even the spider looks cute, and I really don’t like spiders! The facts are all so interesting and I love how the animals explain their relationships with others to us through the speech bubbles, there is also information on the page about where to find each animal in the world too.

There is a glossary at the back along with a double page image of all the animals which I love looking at. The different relationships explained are all interesting and I have to say that I didn’t know about the majority of these before reading this. I’m not a fan of the parasitic animals but I do love the commensal ones which don’t harm the others and usually just imitate another’s look or sound. The hoverfly looks particularly cute in this book. Overall this is a great children’s picture book I would recommend to any children who love finding out about animals and the natural world. It’s fascinating, fun to look at and so informative!

Animal BFF's book is fabulous. I learnt so much about animals and their best friends! Who would know that a spider and a frog are best friends?! This book is amazing! It's full to the brim of amazing facts about lots of different animals who just wouldn't be the same without their bestie. I think this book is a must for any animal fact lover. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this brilliant book.

Such a brilliant book. The cover didn't grasp me as much as other non-fiction texts recently, but it's an absolute must read. The book looks at symbiosis and looks at the concept in a simple way helping children to grasp the types of relationships well. Following the introduction there are two double page spreads on each animal relationship. The first page is a dialogue between the animals that's fictional and often very amusing in nature. The new page spread is then factual with key information and then more fascinating and quirky facts. A staple for schools and libraries.

Thank you #QuartoKids and #NetGalley for the eARC.

😍I’m absolutely in love with this book!

🕷It voices everything my children are currently obsessed with; best friends, humour and animals! As a bonus they are learning so much about symbiotic relationships.

🐙Each relationship is given two pages, the first depicts hilarious exchanges between the animals and the second shows the scientific details of the unusual pairings.

🦈It’s so appealing to its target audience, the illustrations are quirky and fun and the exchanges between the animals give you chance to use your best character voices while reading a non-fiction book. This is a really wonderful vehicle for teaching children science in a fun and totally absorbing style!

I absolutely loved this book so much Information written in a fun educational way. Great idea to have the 2 pages, one to make children laugh which then encourages them to keep reading about the animals involved. This is definitely a book I will be looking out for, and it can be picked up and reread numerous times, especially by children.