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|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|classisbn=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-"wikitable" cellpaddingamber 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...}}{{Frontpage|isbn="15" <!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- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HEREselling 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.}}{{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.}}{{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.}}
<!-- Taylor -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Moss Wild| styletitle="widthWild Kingdom: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife[[image:Taylor_Owls.jpg|left|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178240404X/refStephen Moss|rating=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Animals and Wildlife|summary===[[Owls: A Guide to Every Species Wildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; it is an unfortunate by Marianne Taylor]]=== [[image:5star-product of human population growth, which in the modern world has increased significantly.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[Through 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:Category:Referencewe can co-exist with nature.}}{{Frontpage|Reference]], [[:Category:Animals and Wildlifeisbn=Sewell Spot|title=The Big Bird Spot|author=Matt Sewell|rating=4|genre=Animals and Wildlife]] |summary=Recently I feel like I am being watched. A huge pair of piercing orange eyes are staring right stood on a viewing platform at me, locking me into their gaze. In contrast with the hardness RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs whilst a very helpful volunteer guided my sightline to one of the deep-amber eyes, soft grey feathers fan out into puffins who'd arrived on the cliffs in the surrounding arealast few days. Finally, intricateI found one, detailed and beautiful. An enigma; harsh and gentle at after visually sorting through all the same time, other birds on the owl is beckoning the reader to turn the pages precipitous cliff face. It was great fun and take a closer look insidevery rewarding... [[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor|Full Review]] <! 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- Montgomery -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Montgomery Tamed.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1603587551/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Tamed three Little Auks, in amongst the guillemots, puffins, herring gulls and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind by Sy Montgomery razorbills. Oh, and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas]]===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.}}{{Frontpage[[image:3.5star.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and WildlifeBurkey_Ethics|Animals and Wildlife]]title=Ethics for a Full World or, Can Animal-Lovers Save the World?|author=Tormod V Burkey|rating=4Sy Montgomery |genre=Animals and Elizabeth Marshall-Thomas Wildlife|summary=Burkey argues that man's current practices are best friends who also happen to be ''New York Times'' best-selling authorsoutside the realms of nature. They first bonded over their shared love He is no longer part of animals: shortly after meeting, Sy's pet ferret had given Liz a nasty bite, the ecosystem but Liz didn't seem to mind at allinstead exists above it through his dominating ways. ''She REALLY didn't mind being bitten He is himself distanced even further by a weasel. I knew we were soul matesadvancement in technologies, industry,'' recalls Sy. ''Tamed money and Untamed'' is all the resulting collaboration between the two friends as they share personal anecdotes and amazing stories about the animal pollution that comes with them. The natural world. [[Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind , Burkey argues, no longer exists for man because he has altered it by Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas|Full Review]] <!-- Barr -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Barr_Elephantsuch things. Indeed, global warming has caused climate change, which, if it continues, will make the world unrecognisable.jpg|left|link=http://wwwFor 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.amazon.co.uk/dp/184780943X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Ljung_Butterfly| styletitle="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Build a ... Butterfly|author=Kiki Ljung|rating===[[10 Reasons to Love an Elephant by Catherine Barr and Hanako Clulow]]===4.5[[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Childrensummary=I love butterflies: they're one of the delights of my garden and it's Non-Fiction]], [[:Category:Animals always a pleasure when there are children there and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Ten reasons to love an elephantthey see a butterfly close up, eh? Well, personallypossibly for the first time, I've never needed ten reasons as they've always been my favourite large animal, it rests on a flower. Kiki Ljung has given us the gentle giants of Africa opportunity to learn about butterflies and India, but it was good also to find out more about thembuild a 3D model of our own. Perhaps The book is primarily aimed at the most surprising fact which five to eight-year-old age group, but I discovered was have to confess that they live in herds headed by their ''grandmothers''I had a great deal of fun building my own painted lady. 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. [[10 Reasons to Love an Elephant by Catherine Barr and Hanako Clulow|Full Review]] <!-- Grindrod -->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:Grindrod Outskirts.jpg|leftrating=4|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473625025/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: As one of the largest predators left;"|===[[Outskirts by John Grindrod]]=== [[imagein Britain, the fox is captivating:4stara comfortably familiar figure in our country landscapes; an intriguing flash of bright-eyed wildness in our towns.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]]Yet no other animal attracts such controversy, [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] ''Outskirts'' is an interesting take on has provoked more column inches or been so ambiguously woven into our culture over centuries, perceived variously as a phenomenon of beautiful animal, a cunning rogue, a vicious pest and a worthy foe. As well as being the modern age: the introduction most ubiquitous of wild animals, it is also the green belt of countryside surrounding inner city housing estatesleast understood. John Grindrod grew up on Here Lucy Jones investigates the edge of one such estate in the 1960's and '70'struth about foxes – delving into fact, as he puts itfiction, ''I grew up on folklore and her own history with the last road in Londoncreatures.'' Grindrod explores Discussing the introduction of the green beltdebate on foxes, Jones asks what our attitudes towards foxes says about us, and our relationship with 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. [[Outskirts by John Grindrod|Full Review]]natural world.}}{{Frontpage<!-- Moss -->|isbn=Metisola_1st|-title=My First Animals| styleauthor="width: 10%; verticalAino-align: top; text-align: center;"Maija Metsola|rating=4[[image:Moss Wild.jpg|left|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0099581639/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back BritainGet used to two simple words if you have a child, ''What's Wildlife by Stephen Moss]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals That?'' You will hear it over and Wildlife|Animals over and Wildlife]] Wildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; it is an unfortunate by-product over again. If you are lucky they are pointing at something that you actually know – chair, hat, my sense of human population growth, which in the modern world has increased significantlyregret. Sometimes they will point at something that is not too familiar. Through this book Moss suggests a few ways in which we can start to bring back some Here the parental practice of Britainmaking something up comes into play – it's wildlife without compromising the human way a bird type thing. Books that show images of life: we can co-exist with nature. [[Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britainitems, 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 Wildlife by Stephen Moss|Full Review]]that.}}<!-- Sewell -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Packham_Babies| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Amazing Animal Babies|author=Chris Packham and Jason Cockcroft[[image:Sewell Spot|rating=3.jpg|left5|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1843653265/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Big Bird Spot by Matt Sewell]]=== [[image:4starMany children love animals, but they love baby animals even more.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's NonWould 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-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]], [[:Category:Animals eyed stumbling of youth that is not dissimilar to their own. However, someone needs to give them the facts about baby animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]]who better than wildlife presenter Chris Packham?}}Recently I stood on a viewing platform at {{Frontpage|isbn=PrasadamHall_Pairs|title=Pairs in the RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs as a very helpful volunteer guided my sight line to one of the puffins whoGarden|author=Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Lorna Scobie|rating=4|genre=Animals and Wildlife|summary=''d arrived on the cliffs Pairs in the last few daysGarden'' is a fun book/game hybrid for little fingers into creepy crawlies. FinallyIt's a lift-the-flap book with a difference, I found onebecause not only do you get to see what's underneath, after visually sorting through all the other birds you then must see if you can find a matching pair on the precipitous cliff facesame page. It was great fun and very rewarding. The third double-But beware! You cannot just use the process of elimination because there are 7 flaps on each page spread in wild-life author and artist Matt Sewell's first book for children, '', but only 3 pairs to find. One poor creature is all alone with no partner.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=DK_Animals|title=Knowledge Encyclopedia: Animal!|author=DK|rating=4.5|genre=Animals and Wildlife|summary=The Big Bird Spot'', shows some cliffs very like those at Bemptonencyclopedia may be an informative type of book, but this time youit're going to be looking for twenty three Little Auks, in amongst the guillemots, puffins, herring gulls and razorbillss not always the most interesting. Oh, and you're looking for a pair A series of binoculars too: our bird watcher dry facts plastered all over the page with nary an image in sight. This dry type of learning is very careless, because you're never going to have to find them in every picturework 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. [[The Big Bird Spot by Matt Sewell|Full Review]]}}<!-- Burkey -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Niemann Trees| styletitle="widthA Tale of Trees: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Battle to save Britain's Ancient Woodland|[[image:Burkey_Ethics.jpgauthor=Derek Niemann|left|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1905570856/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Animals and Wildlife|summary===[[Ethics for a Full World orAncient British woodland is something very special indeed. It captures our imagination, Can Animal-Lovers Save the World? by Tormod V Burkey]]=== [[image:4starconnects us to nature and fuels our creativity.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals The British have an almost symbiotic relationship with woodland and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Burkey argues that man's current practices are outside most of us have a small local patch where we can get away from the realms hustle and bustle of naturethe modern world. He is no longer part of the ecosystemIt's hard to imagine life without our native woods, but instead exists above it through his dominating ways. He is himself distanced even further by advancement and yet in technologies, industrythe 40 years following the war, money and all we lost more ancient woodland than in the pollution that comes with themprevious 400. The natural worlddestruction was large-scale and merciless and by 1985, Burkey argues, no longer exists we'd already lost a third of our ancient woodland. Predictions for man because he has altered it by such things. Indeed, global warming has caused climate change, which, if it continues, the future were bleak: find a way to halt the decline or there 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? nothing left outside nature reserves by Tormod V Burkey|Full Review]]2020}}<!-- Ljung -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Moss_PEII| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Planet Earth II|author=Stephen Moss[[image:Ljung_Butterfly.jpg|leftrating=5|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847809154/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Build a .''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. Butterfly by Kiki Ljung]]=== [[imageThe book looks at six vastly different environments:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{Jungles, Mountains, Deserts, Grasslands, Islands and Cities and showcases some of the amazing creatures that live in each one.}}{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-FictionFrontpage|isbn=Bloom_Penguin|Children's Non-Fiction]], [[title=Penguin Bloom:Category:Animals and WildlifeThe Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family|Animals author=Cameron Bloom and Wildlife]], [[:Category:CraftsBradley Trevor Greive|Crafts]]rating=5|genre=Animals and WildlifeI love butterflies: they're one of |summary=Cameron and his wife, Sam, had been leading a very active, adventurous life. Even after the delights birth of my garden and it's always a pleasure when there are children there and their three sons, they wanted to continue their adventures, so they see a butterfly close up, possibly decided to travel to Thailand for the first time, as it rests on a flowerfamily holiday. Kiki Ljung has given us the opportunity to learn about butterflies and also to build They were having a brilliant time until, suddenly, Sam was involved in a 3D model of our own. The book is primarily aimed at the five to eight year old age groupdreadful, almost fatal, but I have to confess that I had a great deal of fun building my own painted ladyaccident. I learned quite a bit too! [[Build 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.. Butterfly by Kiki Ljung|Full Review]] <!-- Jones -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|}}Move on to [[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 -->|}
