Discover the answers to all the questions you've ever wanted to ask about the natural world, history, space and more!
Why do lizards lose their tails? Which turtle fishes with its tongue? Why do some snakes pretend to be dead? With all-new illustrations to appeal to today's generation of knowledge-hungry children, in this fascinating Q&A book children will find out the answers to these and many more questions about reptiles.

Amanda O'Neill has worked in education since 1976 and has been a freelance writer and editor since 1986. She has written books on a wide range of subjects and wrote both I Wonder Why Spiders Spin Webs, and Cats. Amanda has never lived without cats - her current feline friend is rescue-cat Jess, a seven-year-old part-Burmese. Amanda lives in Leicestershire, England, with her family and a whole host of reptiles, bugs, and other creatures.