Hilarity ensues at the Tkacik house.

I received our copy of Jack Hannah’s “Jungle Jack’s The Wackiest, Wildest, and Weirdest Animals of the World” last week and wasn’t surprised that my daughter loved it.

There are tons of interesting facts outlined about each animal included in the book, and each page includes lots of vivid pictures of the animal being discussed. There are at least three or four pictures of each animal on each page that shows the animal in different poses and gives the reader a good idea of what they look like in the wild. Upon opening the book, my daughter immediately started to laugh hysterically at the descriptions of the animals, and wanted to know more about them.

One feature the book lacks that I would like to see is a pronunciation guide for some of the animal’s names. Some of them are difficult to pronounce, and although a quick Google search yielded the answers to our pronunciation queries, it would have been nice to have that included from the get-go. Not everyone has a nerdy dad sitting nearby with access to a laptop.

All in all, I would recommend this book to anyone who has an inquisitive little one bounding around the house who likes and is interested in learning more about animals they may not be lucky enough to see in their very own backyard.