What is more cute than a chimp? Or a pint-sized burrowing owl? Or America’s own opossum? I’ll tell you what, probably any other animal than the ones who are found in More Cute Animals That Could Kill You Dead by Brooke Hartman and María García (or in Cute Animals That Could Kill You Dead (Killer Cuties) the first book)! 
This book is illustrated with cartoon-like images, with photos at the end (which is good as I found the wrong pictures for one of the critters. It wasn’t as scary in the book). They tell you how cute they are, why they are deadly, and other information is included. It also made me sad when I realized that the possum (one of my top 10 favorite animals. I mean I knew they were scary looking (I’ll tell you about the Jurassic possum sometime) but fifty razor-sharp teeth, perfect for munching everything from berries to snakes?????) was on the list. 
So, I’ll stick with Wearing a Cat on Your Head: A World of Wonderfully Weird Sayings by Emily Bornoff (due March 2027). It is a clever collection of idioms. The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How are given (where it is from, how many cultures have similar sayings, even how some happened due to mistakes in translations). 
This book is a delight, but the illustrations were not my favorite. I need to read it in a finished copy (both were read via an online reader copy; though Cute Animals is currently available) to see how crowded things were, and take more time exploring things. You will find “to go full milk” and something about riding a chicken (sorry, I was laughing too hard with that one!) and others will be more familiar (“In the same boat.”). Officially I did not finish, but I got the idea and highly recommend this book for your classroom or if you are a lover of words.
Neither book is a quick read, nor really an easy one (there are a lot of facts and information included) so know your reader, but at least aged 5 and up work. I would even put them in a classroom up to third or fourth grade. However, they do look younger, so again, know the reader so they don’t think it is a “baby book.”
