Titles in this series:

Be a Night Detective
Be a Pond Detective
Be a Beach Detective
Be a Weather Detective
Be a City Nature Detective
Be a Wilderness Detective
Be a Camouflage Detective
Be a Close-up Nature Detective
Be an Icky Things Detective

Peggy Kochanoff graduated from Cornell University with a degree in vertebrate zoology and spent a summer working at the Central Park Zoo in New York City. She is the author and illustrator of several books for children, including the Be a Nature Detective series. After marriage and travelling, she settled with her husband and two sons on a tree farm in Nova Scotia.

Silver Birch- and Hackmatack-nominated Be A Nature Detective series explores the yuckiest and weirdest nature mysteries in our own backyards!

Why are slugs slimy?
Are spiders dangerous?
Do owls vomit every day?

Naturalist and artist Peggy Kochanoff answers these questions and more in this illustrated guide to solving weird and yucky nature mysteries.

From the author of the Silver Birch—nominated Be a Nature Detective series comes a new adventure, with fascinating and entertaining facts about rabbits eating their own poop, turtles breathing through their butts, mushrooms dissolving into ink-like goo, and more. Detailed watercolour illustrations, a glossary, and "icky" activity ideas will make you want to get your hands dirty. Perfect for budding scientists, Be an Icky Things Detective encourages you to look closer at the parts of the world that gross you out.