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{{Frontpage{|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->Moss Wild <!-- Buckingham -->|title=Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife|-author=Stephen Moss| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"4|genre=Animals and Wildlife [[image:Buckingham_Dawn.jpg|left|linksummary=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908489332/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: topWildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; textit is an unfortunate by-align: left;"|===[[The Little Book product of human population growth, which in the Dawn Chorus by Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington]]=== [[image:5starmodern 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:Animals and Wildlife{{Frontpage|isbn=Sewell Spot|title=The Big Bird Spot|author=Matt Sewell|rating=4|genre=Animals and Wildlife]] What |summary=Recently I stood on a treat! I really did mean to just ''glance'' viewing platform at ''The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus'' but the pull of the sounds of RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs whilst a dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much very helpful volunteer guided my sightline to resist one of the puffins who'd arrived on a cold and rather wet February morningthe cliffs in the last few days. Finally, I spent an indulgent hour or so reading all about found one, after visually sorting through all the other birds on the precipitous cliff face. It was great fun and listening to their songvery rewarding. Then The third double- just because I could page spread in wild- I went back life author and did it all again and it was just as good the second time around. Soartist Matt Sewell's first book for children, what do you get? [[''The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus by Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington|Full Review]]<!Big Bird Spot'', shows some cliffs very like those at Bempton, but this time you're going to be looking for twenty-- Honeyborne -->|-| style="widththree Little Auks, in amongst the guillemots, puffins, herring gulls and razorbills. Oh, and you're looking for a pair of binoculars too: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|our bird watcher is very careless because you're going to have to find them in every picture.}}{{Frontpage[[image:Honeyborne BlueII.jpg|left|linkisbn=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178240404X/refBurkey_Ethics|title=nosimEthics for a Full World or, Can Animal-Lovers Save the World?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | styleauthor="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Tormod V Burkey|rating=4|genre===[[Blue Planet II by James Honeyborne Animals and Mark Brownlow]]===Wildlife[[image:4.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]], [[:Category:Popular Science|Popular Science]] You may well remember when Burkey argues that man's current practices are outside the realms of nature. He is no longer part of the sticking of a number '2' after a film title was suggesting something of prestige - 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 the first film had been so good it was fully justified to have something morecomes with them. That The natural world, Burkey argues, no longer exists for man because he has hardly been proven correctaltered it by such things. Indeed, but it global warming has until recently almost been confined to cinema - you barely got a TV series worthy of a numbered sequelcaused climate change, which, if it continues, and never in will make the world of non-fictionunrecognisable. If someone has made For the world to become fuller, for it to be a nature series about, say, Alaska (and boy aren't there are a lot world that seeks to provide for the needs of those these days) and wants every living thing, then it needs to make another, why she just makes another - nothing would justify the numeralchange. 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. [[Blue Planet II by James Honeyborne and Mark Brownlow|Full Review]] <!-- Taylor -->}}{{Frontpage|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Ljung_Butterfly[[image:Taylor_Owls.jpg|left|linktitle=http://wwwBuild a .amazon.co.uk/dp/178240404X/refButterfly|author=nosim?tagKiki Ljung|rating=thebookbag-21]] 4.5| stylegenre="verticalChildren's Non-align: top; text-align: left;"Fiction|summary===[[OwlsI love butterflies: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]]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, [[: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 mepossibly for the first time, locking me into their gazeas it rests on a flower. In contrast with Kiki Ljung has given us the hardness of the deep-amber eyes, soft grey feathers fan out into the surrounding area, intricate, detailed opportunity to learn about butterflies and beautifulalso to build a 3D model of our own. An enigma; harsh and gentle The book is primarily aimed at the same time, the owl is beckoning the reader five to turn the pages and take a closer look inside... [[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor|Full Review]] <!eight-year- Montgomery -->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!}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=Jones_Foxes| styletitle="widthFoxes Unearthed: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain|author=Lucy Jones[[image:Montgomery Tamed.jpg|leftrating=4|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1603587551/refAnimals and Wildlife|summary=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-alignAs one of the largest predators left in Britain, the fox is captivating: topa comfortably familiar figure in our country landscapes; textan intriguing flash of bright-align: left;"|===[[Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind by Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas]]=== [[image:3eyed wildness in our towns.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 authors. They first bonded Yet no other animal attracts such controversy, has provoked more column inches or been so ambiguously woven into our culture over their shared love of animals: shortly after meetingcenturies, Sy's pet ferret had given Liz perceived variously as a nasty bitebeautiful animal, but Liz didn't seem to mind at all. ''She REALLY didn't mind being bitten by a weasel. I knew we were soul matescunning rogue,'' recalls Sya vicious pest and a worthy foe. ''Tamed and Untamed'' As well as being the most ubiquitous of wild animals, it is also the resulting collaboration between least understood. Here Lucy Jones investigates the two friends as they share personal anecdotes and amazing stories truth about the animal world. [[Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind by Sy Montgomery foxes – delving into fact, fiction, folklore and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas|Full Review]] <!-- Barr -->|-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.}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Metisola_1st|[[image:Barr_Elephant.jpgtitle=My First Animals|left|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/184780943X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagAino-21]]Maija Metsola|rating=4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[10 Reasons to Love an Elephant by Catherine Barr Animals and Hanako Clulow]]===Wildlife [[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:ChildrenGet used to two simple words if you have a child, ''What's Non-Fiction|ChildrenThat?''s Non-Fiction]], [[:Category:Animals You will hear it over and Wildlife|Animals over and Wildlife]] Ten reasons to love an elephant, eh? Wellover again. If you are lucky they are pointing at something that you actually know – chair, personallyhat, I've never needed ten reasons as they've always been my favourite large animal, the gentle giants sense of Africa and India, but it was good to find out more about themregret. Perhaps the most surprising fact which I discovered was Sometimes they will point at something that they live in herds headed by their ''grandmothers''is not too familiar. Female elephants and their calves stay together and Here the oldest female elephant is the one in charge as she knows where to find food and water - and she knows her herdparental practice of making something up comes into play – it's a bird type thing. She remembers about people too. [[10 Reasons Books that show images of items, colours or animals may seem a little dull to Love an Elephant by Catherine Barr and Hanako Clulow|Full Review]]adult, but to a toddler learning about the world, they are a who's who of what's that.}}<!-- Grindrod -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Packham_Babies| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Amazing Animal Babies[[image:Grindrod Outskirts.jpg|left|linkauthor=http://wwwChris Packham and Jason Cockcroft|rating=3.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473625025/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Animals and Wildlife|summary===[[Outskirts by John Grindrod]]=== [[image:4starMany children love animals, but they love baby animals even more.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]], [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] ''Outskirts'' Would you rather watch a dog or watch a puppy? A cat or a kitten? A meerkat or a smaller meerkat? The answer is an interesting take on a phenomenon of no brainer to most children who enjoy the modern age: the introduction wide-eyed stumbling of the green belt of countryside surrounding inner city housing estatesyouth that is not dissimilar to their own. John Grindrod grew up on However, someone needs to give them the edge of one such estate in the 1960's facts about baby animals and '70's, as he puts it, ''I grew up on the last road who better than wildlife presenter Chris Packham?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=PrasadamHall_Pairs|title=Pairs in London.'' Grindrod explores the introduction of the green belt, Garden|author=Smriti Prasadam-Halls and the various fights Lorna Scobie|rating=4|genre=Animals and developments it has gone through over Wildlife|summary=''Pairs in the subsequent decades, as environmental and political arguments have affected planning decisionsGarden'' is a fun book/game hybrid for little fingers into creepy crawlies. Within this topic, he has somehow managed to wind around his personal memories of childhood, producing It's a memoir lift-the-flap book with a lot of heartdifference, 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 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. [[Outskirts by John Grindrod|Full Review]]}}<!-- Moss -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=DK_Animals| styletitle="widthKnowledge Encyclopedia: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Animal!|author=DK[[image:Moss Wild.jpg|left|linkrating=http://www4.amazon.co.uk/dp/0099581639/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Animals and Wildlife|summary===[[Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back BritainThe encyclopedia may be an informative type of book, but it's Wildlife by Stephen Moss]]=== [[image:4starnot always the most interesting.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Wildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; it A series of dry facts plastered all over the page with nary an image in sight. This dry type of learning is an unfortunate by-product never going to work with some of human population growthour modern youth, more used to spending time looking for imaginary animals on their phones, which than researching real ones in the modern world has increased significantlya book. Through this book Moss suggests a few ways If you want to capture their attention, you must first draw their eyes. DK have attempted this in which we can start to bring back some one of Britain's wildlife without compromising the human way most colourful and vibrant encyclopedias you are likely to see.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Niemann Trees|title=A Tale of lifeTrees: we can co-exist with nature. [[Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back The Battle to save Britain's Wildlife by Stephen Moss|Full Review]] <!-- Sewell -->Ancient Woodland|-author=Derek Niemann| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"4|genre=Animals and Wildlife[[image:Sewell Spot.jpg|left|linksummary=http://wwwAncient British woodland is something very special indeed.amazon.coIt captures our imagination, connects us to nature and fuels our creativity.uk/dp/1843653265/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Big Bird Spot by Matt Sewell]]=== [[image:4starThe 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|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:ChildrenIt's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]]hard to imagine life without our native woods, [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Recently I stood on a viewing platform at yet in the 40 years following the war, we lost more ancient woodland than in the RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs as a very helpful volunteer guided my sight line to one of the puffins whoprevious 400. The destruction was large-scale and merciless and by 1985, we'd arrived on already lost a third of our ancient woodland. Predictions for the cliffs in the last few days. Finally, I found one, after visually sorting through all future were bleak: find a way to halt the other birds on the precipitous cliff face. It was great fun and very rewarding. The third double-page spread in wild-life decline or there will be nothing left outside nature reserves by 2020}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Moss_PEII|title=Planet Earth II|author =Stephen Moss|rating=5|genre=Animals and artist Matt SewellWildlife|summary=''s first book for children, Planet Earth II''The Big Bird Spot'', shows some cliffs very like those at Bempton, but this time you're going is the official companion to be looking for twenty three Little Auks, in amongst the guillemots, puffins, herring gulls and razorbillsupcoming BBC wildlife documentary series of the same name. Oh, and you're looking for Our understanding of the world around us has reached a pair of binoculars too: our bird watcher is very carelessnew level, because you're going courtesy of ground-breaking technology that gives us unparalleled access to have to find them in every picturea diverse range of environments and a sneak peek into previously hidden worlds. [[The Big Bird Spot by Matt Sewell|Full Review]] <!-- Burkey -->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.}}{{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[[image:Burkey_Ethics.jpg|leftrating=5|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1905570856/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Ethics for a Full World orCameron and his wife, Sam, had been leading a very active, Can Animal-Lovers Save adventurous life. Even after the World? by Tormod V Burkey]]=== [[image:4starbirth 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:Animals They were having a brilliant time until, suddenly, Sam was involved in a dreadful, almost fatal, accident. The accident left her paralysed and Wildlife|Animals , because of the sudden and extremely severe impact on her life she slid quickly into a very deep and Wildlife]] Burkey argues that mandark depression. Cameron feared for his family's current practices are outside the realms of nature. He is no longer part of the ecosystemfuture, but instead exists above it through and his dominating ways. He is himself distanced even further by advancement in technologies, industry, money wife's life, until one day a small abandoned magpie chick came along 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 changemanaged to change everything. }}Move on to [[[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 ReviewNewest Anthologies Reviews]] <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|}