About the Book: Napoleans Orangutan: A collection of miraculous creatures
A pocket-sized celebration of animals that we should all treasure, from the
author of The Golden Mole and Impossible Creatures and gorgeously illustrated by
Chris Wormell.
Napoleon had an orangutan called Rose, who ate turnips at the dinner table and
stood when guests came into the room. She was much adored, but could not survive
in Paris.
A pig can be taught to differentiate between Bach and a brass band. One was
once tried for murder: another saved a humans life.
An owl can turn its head two hundred and