A HILARIOUS GUIDE TO THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, WHERE YOUR FAVOURITE ANIMALS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD - BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND COMMENTATOR CLARE BALDING

"Truly engrossing... a very enjoyable read" - PA review
"The perfect gift for sport and animal lovers" - Lancashire Evening Post

Who would win in a race . . . the Australian tiger beetle or the peregrine falcon?
Who is the strongest . . . the extraordinary ant or the grumpy gorilla?
Who has the best superpower . . . the headless cockroach or the jet-powered squid?

From speed, agility and strength to super-sensory prowess, these animal all-stars will compete to set incredible animal records. Perfect for animal lovers and packed full of TRUE animal facts, stats and world records, this is a funny guide to the world's most fascinating animals.

The perfect gift for kids who love animals and sport. With laugh-out-loud commentary and incredible animal facts throughout, and rib-tickling illustrations by The Boy Fitz Hammond.

Winner of the BAFTA Special Award and RTS Presenter of the Year Award for her expert coverage of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Clare Balding is one of Britain's leading broadcasters. Since joining the BBC as a trainee sports reporter in 1994, she has covered a range of major live events for the BBC, Channel 4 and BT Sport. Clare has hosted her own interview show, presented factual documentaries and tramped the country for the walking programme Ramblings since 1999. She has twice been named RTS Sports Presenter of the Year, and won a host of other awards for broadcasting and writing. A bestselling author, Clare's first book, My Animals and Other Family, was published by Penguin in 2012. Based on her childhood growing up in an unusual household, it was published to critical acclaim and went on to win biography of the year at the National Book Awards. Her second book, Walking Home, was published in 2014. Clare has released four children's books based on the relationship between humans and animals. The latest one, The Racehorse Who Learned to Dance, was published in 2019. Clare lives in London with her wife, Alice, their disobedient dog, Archie, and a beautiful cat called Button, whom Archie tolerates with relatively good grace. The Boy Fitz Hammond has worked with various clients including Oxfam, Shelter, BBC, Honda, Microsoft and the Barclays Premier League. His illustrations have also been used by many editorial, educational and publishing clients across a diverse range of titles.