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|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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|summary=Recently I stood on a viewing platform at the RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs whilst a very helpful volunteer guided my sightline to one of the puffins who'd arrived on the cliffs in the last few days. Finally, I found one, after visually sorting through all the other birds on the precipitous cliff face. 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.
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|summary=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.
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The book the largest predators left in Britain, the fox is primarily aimed at the five to eight year old age group, but I have to confess that I had captivating: a great deal comfortably familiar figure in our country landscapes; an intriguing flash of fun building my own painted ladybright-eyed wildness in our towns. I learned quite a bit too! [[Build 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... 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However, someone needs to give them the facts about baby animals and who better than wildlife presenter Chris Packham?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=PrasadamHall_Pairs|title=Pairs in the Garden[[image:Metisola_1st.jpg|leftauthor=Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Lorna Scobie|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847809677/ref4|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary="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]]''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, [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Get used to two simple words you then must see if you have can find a child, ''What's That?'' matching pair on the same page. But beware! You will hear it over and over and over again. 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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.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 Move on 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 -->|}
