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Mike Barfield, Author
Jason Ford, Illustrator
Imprint: Laurence King Publishing
Publication date: April 9, 2026
Category: Science: general interest
ISBN: 9781510231184
Ever wished you could fly, become invisible, have super-strength or unleash a powerful electric shock? In the animal kingdom, these incredible abilities aren’t just comic-book fantasy – they’re survival skills!
Discover nature’s ultimate superheroes: fish that soar through the air, eels that zap with over 600 volts and beetles that fire toxic blasts from their bums. These mind-blowing creatures are living proof that Mother Nature is the greatest scientific genius of all time.
Join the action-packed, comic-book-style adventures of the Super Animals and explore the astonishing, real-life powers that help them thrive in the wild.
Mike Barfield is a best-selling children’s author, cartoonist, poet and performer with books in well over a dozen different languages. He has a first-class degree in Biology from the University of London, and won the Blue Peter Book Awards 2021 for the Best Book with Facts.
Jason Ford is a freelance illustrator whose approach has been heavily influenced by his childhood diet of Tintin and Marvel comics and a continuing love of French and Belgian bandes dessinées. His work has been commissioned by the Royal Mail, The New York Times, Penguin Books and The Guardian.