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{{Frontpage
|isbn=1782407480
|genre=Animals and Wildlife
|summary=I was a little perturbed when I looked at the blurb for ''Bird Love'' on a couple of on-line booksellers: ''exploring the sex life of birds'' it said. I very nearly passed over the book, but a closer examination suggested that the book is about the ''family life'' of birds, which is rather different. If the book was confined to the sex life of birds, you would be missing an opportunity to understand how birds live day-to-day, bring up their families and cope in the wild. Not only that, you have missed the treat of so many beautiful illustrations about a wide variety of birds which run through this book from the first page to the last.
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=1846045576
|title=Walks In The Wild
|author=Peter Wohlleben and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp (Translator)
|rating=4
|genre=Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife
|summary=''An instruction manual for the forest'' is how Wohlleben's publisher described the idea for this book, and that's basically what it is – although right at the end the author says that it is not intended to be a reference book, but an appetiser.
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=Buckingham_Dawn
|title=The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus
|author=Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington
|rating=5
|genre=Animals and Wildlife
|summary=What a treat! I really did mean to just ''glance'' at ''The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus'' but the pull of the sounds of a dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much to resist on a cold and rather wet February morning. I spent an indulgent hour or so reading all about the birds and listening to their song. Then - just because I could - I went back and did it all again and it was just as good the second time around. So, what do you get?
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=Honeyborne BlueII
|title=Blue Planet II
|author=James Honeyborne and Mark Brownlow
|rating=4.5
|genre=Animals and Wildlife
|summary=You may well remember when the sticking of a number '2' after a film title was suggesting something of prestige - that the first film had been so good it was fully justified to have something more. That has hardly been proven correct, but it has until recently almost been confined to the cinema - you barely got a TV series worthy of a numbered sequel, and never in the world of non-fiction. If someone has made a nature series about, say, Alaska (and boy aren't there are a lot of those these days) and wants to make another, why she just makes another - nothing would justify the numeral. But some nature programmes do have the prestige, the energy and the heft to demand follow-ups. And after five years in the making, the BBC's Blue Planet series has delivered a second helping.
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=Taylor_Owls
|title=Owls: A Guide to Every Species
|author=Marianne Taylor
|rating=5
|genre=Animals and Wildlife
|summary=I feel like I am being watched. A huge pair of piercing orange eyes are staring right at me, locking me into their gaze. In contrast with the hardness of the deep-amber eyes, soft grey feathers fan out into the surrounding area, intricate, detailed and beautiful. An enigma; harsh and gentle at the same time, the owl is beckoning the reader to turn the pages and take a closer look inside...
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=Montgomery Tamed
|title=Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind
|author=Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
|rating=3.5
|genre=Animals and Wildlife
|summary=Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall-Thomas are best friends who also happen to be ''New York Times'' best-selling authors. They first bonded over their shared love of animals: shortly after meeting, Sy's pet ferret had given Liz a nasty bite, but Liz didn't seem to mind at all. ''She REALLY didn't mind being bitten by a weasel. I knew we were soul mates,'' recalls Sy. ''Tamed and Untamed'' is the resulting collaboration between the two friends as they share personal anecdotes and amazing stories about the animal world.
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=Barr_Elephant
|title=10 Reasons to Love an Elephant
|author=Catherine Barr and Hanako Clulow
|rating=4
|genre=Animals and Wildlife
|summary=Ten reasons to love an elephant, eh? Well, personally, I've never needed ten reasons as they've always been my favourite large animal, the gentle giants of Africa and India, but it was good to find out more about them. Perhaps the most surprising fact which I discovered was that they live in herds headed by their ''grandmothers''. Female elephants and their calves stay together and the oldest female elephant is the one in charge as she knows where to find food and water - and she knows her herd. She remembers about people too.
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=Grindrod Outskirts
|title=Outskirts
|author=John Grindrod
|rating=4
|genre=Animals and Wildlife
|summary='' Outskirts'' is an interesting take on a phenomenon of the modern age: the introduction of the green belt of the countryside surrounding inner-city housing estates. John Grindrod grew up on the edge of one such estate in the 1960s and '70s, as he puts it, ''I grew up on the last road in London.'' Grindrod explores the introduction of the green belt, and the various fights and developments it has gone through over the subsequent decades, as environmental and political arguments have affected planning decisions. Within this topic, he has somehow managed to wind around his personal memories of childhood, producing a memoir with a lot of heart.
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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->Moss Wild<!-- Peter Wohlleben -->|title=Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife|-author=Stephen Moss| stylerating=''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;''4|[[image:1846045576.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1846045576/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary=''vertical-align: topWildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; textit is an unfortunate by-align: left;''|===[[Walks In The Wild by Peter Wohlleben and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp (Translator)]]=== [[image:4starproduct of human population growth, which in the modern world has increased significantly.jpg|link=Category:{{{ratingThrough this book Moss suggests a few ways in which we can start to bring back some of Britain's wildlife without compromising the human way of life: we can co-exist with nature.}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:{{Frontpage|isbn=Sewell Spot|title=The Big Bird Spot|author=Matt Sewell|rating=4|genre=Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]], [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]] ''An instruction manual for summary=Recently I stood on a viewing platform at the forest'' is how Wohlleben's publisher described the idea for this book, and thatRSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs whilst a very helpful volunteer guided my sightline to one of the puffins who's basically what it is – although right at d arrived on the end cliffs in the author says that it is not intended to be a reference booklast few days. Finally, I found one, but an appetiserafter visually sorting through all the other birds on the precipitous cliff face. It was great fun and very rewarding. [[Walks In The Wild by Peter Wohlleben and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp (Translator)|Full Review]] <!third double-page spread in wild- Buckingham -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; textlife author and artist Matt Sewell's first book for children, ''The Big Bird Spot'', shows some cliffs very like those at Bempton, but this time you're going to be looking for twenty-align: center;"| [[image:Buckingham_Dawnthree Little Auks, in amongst the guillemots, puffins, herring gulls and razorbills.jpg|left|link=http Oh, and you're looking for a pair of binoculars too://www.amazon.coour bird watcher is very careless because you're going to have to find them in every picture.uk/dp/1908489332/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; textBurkey_Ethics|title=Ethics for a Full World or, Can Animal-align: left;"Lovers Save the World?|author=Tormod V Burkey|rating=4|genre=Animals and Wildlife|summary=[[The Little Book Burkey argues that man's current practices are outside the realms of nature. He is no longer part of the Dawn Chorus by Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington]]=== [[image:5starecosystem but instead exists above it through his dominating ways.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] What a treat! I really did mean to just ''glance'' at ''The Little Book of He is himself distanced even further by advancement in technologies, industry, money and all the Dawn Chorus'' but the pull of the sounds of a dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much to resist on a cold and rather wet February morningpollution that comes with them. The natural world, Burkey argues, no longer exists for man because he has altered it by such things. I spent an indulgent hour or so reading all about Indeed, global warming has caused climate change, which, if it continues, will make the world unrecognisable. For the birds and listening world to their song. Then - just because I could - I went back and did become fuller, for it all again and it was just as good to be a world that seeks to provide for the second time around. Soneeds of every living thing, what do you get? [[The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus by Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington|Full Review]]then it needs to change.}}<!-- Honeyborne -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Ljung_Butterfly| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Build a ... Butterfly|author=Kiki Ljung|rating=4.5[[image:Honeyborne BlueII.jpg|leftgenre=Children's Non-Fiction|linksummary=httpI love butterflies://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178240404X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Blue Planet II by James Honeyborne they're one of the delights of my garden and it's always a pleasure when there are children there and Mark Brownlow]]=== [[image:4they see a butterfly close up, possibly for the first time, as it rests on a flower.5starKiki Ljung has given us the opportunity to learn about butterflies and also to build a 3D model of our own.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]]The book is primarily aimed at the five to eight-year-old age group, [[:Category:Popular Science|Popular Science]] You may well remember when the sticking of but I have to confess that I had a number '2' after a film title was suggesting something great deal of prestige - that the first film had been so good it was fully justified to have something more. That has hardly been proven correct, but it has until recently almost been confined to cinema - you barely got fun building my own painted lady. I learned quite a TV series worthy of a numbered sequel, bit too!}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Jones_Foxes|title=Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and never Loathing in the world of non-fiction. If someone has made a nature series about, say, Alaska (Modern Britain|author=Lucy Jones|rating=4|genre=Animals and boy aren't there are a lot Wildlife|summary=As one of those these days) and wants to make another, why she just makes another - nothing would justify the numeral. But some nature programmes do have the prestige, the energy and the heft to demand follow ups. And after five years largest predators left in the makingBritain, the BBC's Blue Planet series has delivered fox is captivating: a second helping. [[Blue Planet II by James Honeyborne and Mark Brownlow|Full Review]] <!-- Taylor -->|-| style="width: 10%comfortably familiar figure in our country landscapes; verticalan intriguing flash of bright-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Taylor_Owlseyed wildness in our towns.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178240404X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor]]=== [[image:5starYet no other animal attracts such controversy, has provoked more column inches or been so ambiguously woven into our culture over centuries, perceived variously as a beautiful animal, a cunning rogue, a vicious pest and a worthy foe.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]]As well as being the most ubiquitous of wild animals, [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] I feel like I am being watched. A huge pair of piercing orange eyes are staring right at me, locking me into their gaze. In contrast with it is also the least understood. Here Lucy Jones investigates the hardness of the deep-amber eyes, soft grey feathers fan out truth about foxes – delving into the surrounding areafact, intricatefiction, detailed folklore and beautifulher own history with the creatures. An enigma; harsh and gentle at Discussing the same timedebate on foxes, Jones asks what our attitudes towards foxes says about us, and our relationship with the owl is beckoning the reader to turn the pages and take a closer look insidenatural world... [[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- Montgomery -->|isbn=Metisola_1st|-title=My First Animals| styleauthor="width: 10%; verticalAino-align: top; text-align: center;"Maija Metsola|rating=4[[image:Montgomery Tamed.jpg|left|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1603587551/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind by Sy Montgomery Get used to two simple words if you have a child, ''What's That?'' You will hear it over and over and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas]]=== [[image:3over again.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall-Thomas are best friends who also happen to be ''New York Times'' best-selling authorsIf you are lucky they are pointing at something that you actually know – chair, hat, my sense of regret. Sometimes they will point at something that is not too familiar. They first bonded over their shared love Here the parental practice of animals: shortly after meeting, Symaking something up comes into play – it's pet ferret had given Liz a nasty bitebird type thing. Books that show images of items, colours or animals may seem a little dull to an adult, but Liz didn't seem to mind at all. ''She REALLY didn't mind being bitten by a weasel. I knew we were soul matestoddler learning about the world,they are a who's who of what' recalls Sys that. ''Tamed and Untamed'' is the resulting collaboration between the two friends as they share personal anecdotes and amazing stories about the animal world. [[Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind by Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas|Full Review]] <!-- Barr -->}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Packham_Babies|-title=Amazing Animal Babies| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Chris Packham and Jason Cockcroft|rating=3.5[[image:Barr_Elephant.jpg|leftgenre=Animals and Wildlife|linksummary=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/184780943X/ref=nosimMany children love animals, but they love baby animals even more. Would you rather watch a dog or watch a puppy? A cat or a kitten?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="verticalA meerkat or a smaller meerkat? The answer is a no brainer to most children who enjoy the wide-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[10 Reasons eyed stumbling of youth that is not dissimilar to their own. However, someone needs to Love an Elephant by Catherine Barr give them the facts about baby animals and Hanako Clulow]]===who better than wildlife presenter Chris Packham?}}{{Frontpage[[image:4star.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-FictionPrasadamHall_Pairs|Children's Nontitle=Pairs in the Garden|author=Smriti Prasadam-Fiction]], [[:Category:Animals Halls and WildlifeLorna Scobie|rating=4|genre=Animals and Wildlife]] Ten reasons to love an elephant, eh? Well, personally, I|summary=''Pairs in the Garden've never needed ten reasons as they've always been my favourite large animal, the gentle giants of Africa and India, but it was good to find out more about themis a fun book/game hybrid for little fingers into creepy crawlies. Perhaps the most surprising fact which I discovered was that they live in herds headed by their It''grandmothers''. Female elephants and their calves stay together and s a lift-the oldest female elephant is the one in charge as she knows where -flap book with a difference, because not only do you get to see what's underneath, you then must see if you can find food and water - and she knows her herda matching pair on the same page. She remembers about people too. [[10 Reasons to Love an Elephant by Catherine Barr and Hanako Clulow|Full Review]] <But beware!-- Grindrod -->You cannot just use the process of elimination because there are 7 flaps on each page, but only 3 pairs to find. One poor creature is all alone with no partner.}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=DK_Animals| styletitle="widthKnowledge Encyclopedia: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Animal!|author=DK[[image:Grindrod Outskirts.jpg|left|linkrating=http://www4.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473625025/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Outskirts by John Grindrod]]=== [[The encyclopedia may be an informative type of book, but it's not always the most interesting. A series of dry facts plastered all over the page with nary an image:4starin sight.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]]This dry type of learning is never going to work with some of our modern youth, [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] ''Outskirts'' is an interesting take more used to spending time looking for imaginary animals on their phones, than researching real ones in a phenomenon of the modern age: the introduction of the green belt of countryside surrounding inner city housing estatesbook. John Grindrod grew up on the edge If you want to capture their attention, you must first draw their eyes. DK have attempted this in one of one such estate in the 1960's most colourful and vibrant encyclopedias you are likely to see.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Niemann Trees|title=A Tale of Trees: The Battle to save Britain'70's, as he puts it, ''I grew up on the last road in London.'' Grindrod explores the introduction of the green belt, s Ancient Woodland|author=Derek Niemann|rating=4|genre=Animals and the various fights and developments it has gone through over the subsequent decades, as environmental and political arguments have affected planning decisionsWildlife|summary=Ancient British woodland is something very special indeed. Within this topicIt captures our imagination, he has somehow managed connects us to wind around his personal memories of childhood, producing a memoir with a lot of heartnature and fuels our creativity. [[Outskirts by John Grindrod|Full Review]] <!-- Moss -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Moss WildThe British have an almost symbiotic relationship with woodland and most of us have a small local patch where we can get away from the hustle and bustle of the modern world.jpg|left|link=http://wwwIt's hard to imagine life without our native woods, and yet in the 40 years following the war, we lost more ancient woodland than in the previous 400.amazon.co.uk/dp/0099581639/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagThe destruction was large-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britainscale and merciless and by 1985, we's Wildlife by Stephen Moss]]=== [[image:4stard already lost a third of our ancient woodland.jpg|link=CategoryPredictions for the future were bleak:{{{ratingfind a way to halt the decline or there will be nothing left outside nature reserves by 2020}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]]{{FrontpageWildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; it is an unfortunate by-product of human population growth, which in |isbn=Moss_PEII|title=Planet Earth II|author=Stephen Moss|rating=5|genre=Animals and Wildlife|summary=''Planet Earth II'' is the official companion to the modern world has increased significantly. Through this book Moss suggests a few ways in which we can start to bring back some upcoming BBC wildlife documentary series of Britain's wildlife without compromising the human way same name. Our understanding of life: we can co-exist with naturethe world around us has reached a new level, courtesy of ground-breaking technology that gives us unparalleled access to a diverse range of environments and a sneak peek into previously hidden worlds. [[Wild KingdomThe book looks at six vastly different environments: Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife by Stephen Moss|Full Review]] <!-- Sewell -->Jungles, Mountains, Deserts, Grasslands, Islands and Cities and showcases some of the amazing creatures that live in each one.}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=Bloom_Penguin| styletitle="widthPenguin Bloom: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family|author=Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive|rating=5[[image:Sewell Spot.jpg|leftgenre=Animals and Wildlife|linksummary=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1843653265/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Big Bird Spot by Matt Sewell]]=== [[image:4starCameron and his wife, Sam, had been leading a very active, adventurous life. Even after the birth of their three sons, they wanted to continue their adventures, so they decided to travel to Thailand for a family holiday.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]]They were having a brilliant time until, suddenly, Sam was involved in a dreadful, almost fatal, [[:Category:Animals accident. The accident left her paralysed and Wildlife|Animals , because of the sudden and Wildlife]] Recently I stood extremely severe impact on a viewing platform at the RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs as her life she slid quickly into a very helpful volunteer guided my sight line to one of the puffins whodeep and dark depression. Cameron feared for his family'd arrived on the cliffs in the last few days. Finallys future, I found and his wife's life, until one, after visually sorting through all the other birds on the precipitous cliff faceday a small abandoned magpie chick came along and managed to change everything. It was great fun and very rewarding. The third double-page spread in wild-life author and artist Matt Sewell's first book for children, ''The Big Bird Spot'', shows some cliffs very like those at Bempton, but this time you're going to be looking for twenty three Little Auks, in amongst the guillemots, puffins, herring gulls and razorbills. Oh, and you're looking for a pair of binoculars too: our bird watcher is very careless, because you're going to have to find them in every picture. [[The Big Bird Spot by Matt Sewell|Full Review]] <!-- Burkey -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Burkey_Ethics.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1905570856/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Ethics for a Full World or, Can Animal-Lovers Save the World? by Tormod V Burkey]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Burkey argues that man's current practices are outside the realms of nature. He is no longer part of the ecosystem, but instead exists above it through his dominating ways. He is himself distanced even further by advancement in technologies, industry, money and all the pollution that comes with them. The natural world, Burkey argues, no longer exists for man because he has altered it by such things. Indeed, global warming has caused climate change, which, if it continues, will make the world unrecognisable. For the world to become fuller, for it to be a world that seeks to provide for the needs of every living thing, then it needs to change. [[Ethics for a Full World or, Can Animal-Lovers Save the World? by Tormod V Burkey|Full Review]] <!-- Ljung -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Ljung_Butterfly.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847809154/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Build a ... Butterfly by Kiki Ljung]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]], [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]], [[:Category:Crafts|Crafts]] I love butterflies: they're one of the delights of my garden and it's always a pleasure when there are children there and they see a butterfly close up, possibly for the first time, as it rests on a flower. Kiki Ljung has given us the opportunity to learn about butterflies and also to build a 3D model of our own. The book is primarily aimed at the five to eight year old age group, but I have to confess that I had a great deal of fun building my own painted lady. I learned quite a bit too! [[Build a ... Butterfly by Kiki Ljung|Full Review]] <!-- Jones -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jones_Foxes.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1783963042/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain by Lucy Jones]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category: Animals and Wildlife| Animals and Wildlife]], [[:Category:Popular Science|Popular Science]] As one of the largest predators left in Britain, the fox is captivating: a comfortably familiar figure in our country landscapes; an intriguing flash of bright-eyed wildness in our towns. Yet no other animal attracts such controversy, has provoked more column inches or been so ambiguously woven into our culture over centuries, perceived variously as a beautiful animal, a cunning rogue, a vicious pest and a worthy foe. As well as being the most ubiquitous of wild animals, it is also the least understood. Here Lucy Jones investigates the truth about foxes – delving into fact, fiction, folklore and her own history with the creatures. Discussing the debate on foxes, Jones asks what our attitudes towards foxes says about us, and our relationship with the natural world.[[Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain by Lucy Jones|Full Review]] <!-- Metsola -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Metisola_1st.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847809677/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[My First Animals by Aino-Maija Metsola]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]], [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Get used to two simple words if you have a child, ''What's That?'' You will hear it over and over and over again. If you are lucky they are pointing at something that you actually know – chair, hat, my sense of regret. Sometimes they will point at something that is not too familiar. Here the parental practise of making something up comes into play – it's a bird type thing. Books that show images of items, colours or animals may seem a little dull to an adult, but to a toddler learning about the world they are a who's who of what's that. [[My First Animals by Aino-Maija Metsola|Full Review]] <!-- Packham -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Packham_Babies.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1405277467/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Amazing Animal Babies by Chris Packham and Jason Cockcroft]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Emerging Readers|Emerging Readers]], [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]], [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]] Many children love animals, but they love baby animals even more. Would you rather watch a dog or watch a puppy? A cat or a kitten? A meerkat or a smaller meerkat? The answer is a no brainer to most children who enjoy the wide-eyed stumbling of youth that is not dissimilar to their own. However, someone needs to give them the facts about baby animals and who better than wildlife presenter Chris Packham? [[Amazing Animal Babies by Chris Packham and Jason Cockcroft|Full Review]] <!-- Prasadam-Hall -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:PrasadamHall_Pairs.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847808832/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Pairs in the Garden by Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Lorna Scobie]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]], [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] ''Pairs in the Garden'' is a fun book/game hybrid for little fingers into creepy crawlies. It's a lift-the-flap book with a difference, because not only do you get to see what's underneath, you then must see if you can find a matching pair on the same page. But beware! You cannot just use process of elimination because there are 7 flaps on each page, but only 3 pairs to find. One poor creature is all alone with no partner. [[Pairs in the Garden by Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Lorna Scobie|Full Review]] <!-- DK-->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:DK_Animals.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241228417/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Knowledge Encyclopedia: Animal! by DK]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]], [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] The encyclopedia may be an informative type of book, but it's not always the most interesting. A series of dry facts plastered all over the page with nary an image in sight. This dry type of learning is never going to work with some of our modern youth, more used to spending time looking for imaginary animals on their phones, than researching real ones in a book. If you want to capture their attention, you must first draw their eyes. DK have attempted this in one of the most colourful and vibrant encyclopedias you are likely to see. [[Knowledge Encyclopedia: Animal! by DK|Full Review]] <!-- Niemann -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Niemann Trees.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1780722753/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Tale of Trees: The Battle to save Britain's Ancient Woodland by Derek Niemann]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Ancient British woodland is something very special indeed. It captures our imagination, connects us to nature and fuels our creativity. The British have an almost symbiotic relationship with woodland and most of us have a small local patch where we can get away from the hustle and bustle of the modern world. It's hard to imagine life without our native woods, and yet in the 40 years following the war we lost more ancient woodland than in the previous 400. The destruction was large-scale and merciless and by 1985, we'd already lost a third of our ancient woodland. Predictions for the future were bleak: find a way to halt the decline or there will be nothing left outside nature reserves by 2020. [[A Tale of Trees: The Battle to save Britain's Ancient Woodland by Derek Niemann|Full Review]] <!-- Moss -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Moss_PEII.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1849909652/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Planet Earth II by Stephen Moss]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]], [[:Category:Entertainment|Entertainment]] ''Planet Earth II'' is the official companion to the upcoming BBC wildlife documentary series of the same name. Our understanding of the world around us has reached a new level, courtesy of ground-breaking technology that gives us unparalleled access to a diverse range of environments and a sneak peek into previously hidden worlds. The book looks at six vastly different environments: Jungles, Mountains, Deserts, Grasslands, Islands and Cities and showcases some of the amazing creatures that live in each one. [[Planet Earth II by Stephen Moss|Full Review]] <!-- Bloom -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Bloom_Penguin.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782119795/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Biography|Biography]], [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Cameron and his wife, Sam, had been leading a very active, adventurous life. Even after the birth of their three sons they wanted to continue their adventures, so they decided to travel to Thailand for a family holiday. They were having a brilliant time until, suddenly, Sam was involved in a dreadful, almost fatal, accident. The accident left her paralysed and, because of the sudden and extremely severe impact on her life she slid quickly into a very deep and dark depression. Cameron feared for his family's future, and his wife's life, until one day a small abandoned magpie chick came along, and managed to change everything. [[Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive|Full Review}}Move on to [[Newest Anthologies Reviews]] <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|}
