Gross, fascinating and entertaining in equal measure, Slimy by Nature explores slime in the natural world.

Whether you love it or are disgusted by it, slime is an essential part of life on Earth. From the snot in our noses to snail trails to a jellyfish's sublimely slimy body, nature simply cannot live without this glorious goo.

Through this unique angle on natural history for kids, readers will discover the many different ways that animals and other organisms use slime to survive and thrive in the natural world. They'll marvel at the beauty of brainless slime moulds that can navigate their way through a maze; find out how a slug rides the waves in its own trail of slime; shiver at the thought of being a shark, suffocated by a hagfish's defensive cloud of slime; and be revolted by the stinky green slime that comes out of an opossum's bottom when it has to play dead.

Natural history expert and award-winning children's author Ben Hoare's writing oozes with humorous and intriguing facts about creatures that slip, drip, spurt and even explode with gloopy gunge, while Wenjing Yang's colourful and gratuitously gooey illustrations bring the sumptuous world of slime to life.