[1] A special numbered and signed anniversary edition was also published in 1996, with an embossed gold jacket.

The illustrations contain many other objects beginning with that letter that the reader can try to identify (however, there are not necessarily "a thousand things, or maybe more", as the author states).

[3] H. N. Abrams also published a wall calendar colouring book version for children the same year.

[4] H. N. Abrams published The Animalia Wall Frieze, a fold-out over 26 feet in length, in which the author created new riddles for each letter.

[10] Kid's Own Australian Literature Awards named Animalia the 1988 Picture Book Winner.