With full colour illustrations throughout and bursting with fun animal facts, this is "Animal Ark" for a new generation. Ages: 7+ *Also appeared in July Buyer's Notes*

Tamsyn Murray writes for all ages from picture books to YA, including Usborne's Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart, and the Completely Cassidy and Tanglewood Animal Park series. Her YA Afterlife series was published to widespread critical acclaim, with My So-Called Afterlife Highly Commended in the Teenage Booktrust Prize. Both My So-Called Phantom Lovelife and Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart were shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association YA Romantic Novel of the Year.