A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF PECULIAR CREATURES: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
Text and illustrations © 2020 by Sami Bayly

Originally published in Australia and New Zealand as The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals by Hachette Australia, an imprint of Hachette Australia Pty Limited, in 2019. First published in North America in revised form by The Experiment, LLC, in 2020.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bayly, Sami, author.
Title: A curious collection of peculiar creatures : an illustrated
encyclopedia / Sami Bayly.
Description: New York : The Experiment, 2020. | Originally published in
Australia and New Zealand as The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly
Animals by Hachette Australia, an imprint of Hachette Australia Pty
Limited, in 2019. | Audience: Ages 8 to 14 | Audience: Grades 4-6
Identifiers: LCCN 2020028882 (print) | LCCN 2020028883 (ebook) | ISBN
9781615196937 | ISBN 9781615196944 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Animals--Miscellanea--Encyclopedias, Juvenile. | Animal
behavior--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Classification: LCC QL49 .B385 2020 (print) | LCC QL49 (ebook) | DDC
590.3--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020028882
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020028883

ISBN 978-1-61519-693-7
Ebook ISBN 978-1-61519-694-4

Cover design by Jack Dunnington
Text design by Beth Bugler

Manufactured in China

First printing October 2020
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