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[[Category:Animals and Wildlife|*]] __NOTOC__<!-- Remove INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->{{Frontpage|author=Lev Parikian |title=Light Rains Sometimes Fall |rating=4.5|genre=Animals and Wildlife|summary= If you’re a writer yourself, or an aspiring writer, or someone who pretends to write, then you know that there are unnumbered types of books. Some you read for fun, some for distraction, some for vicarious emotion, some to learn from in a random way, some for focussed research, and some because they are, broadly speaking, the kind of thing you think you might like to write. Or, indeed, are actually trying to write.|isbn=1783966386}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1398508632|title=The Wilderness Cure|author=Mo Wilde|rating=5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=It had been on the cards for a while but it was the week-long consumer binge which pushed Mo Wilde into beginning her year of eating only wild food. The end of November, particularly in Central Scotland was perhaps not the best time to start, in a world where the normal sores had been exacerbated by climate change, Brexit and a pandemic. Wilde had a few advantages: the area around her was a known habitat with a variety of terrains. She had electricity which allowed her to run a fridge, freezer and dehydrator. She had a car - and fuel. Most importantly, she had shelter: this was not a plan to ''live'' wild just to live off its produce.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0711266204|title=The Secret Life of Birds|author=Moira Butterfield and Vivian Mineker (illustrator)|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=I have recently discovered a great pleasure: I sit and watch the vast numbers of birds which visit our garden on a daily basis. An hour can pass without my noticing. I've established which species feed from the ground, which pop to the feeders for a quick snatch of some food and who settles in for a good munch but I wish I was more knowledgeable. It would have been wonderful if, as a child, I'd had access to a book such as ''The Secret Life of Birds''. So – what is it?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=gareth_steel|title=Never Work With Animals|author=Gareth Steel|rating=4|genre=Animals and Wildlife|summary=I don't often begin my reviews with a warning but with ''Never Work With Animals'' it seems to be appropriate. Stories of a vet's life have proved popular since ''All Creatures Great and Small'' but ''Never Work With Animals'' is definitely not the companion volume you've been looking for. As a TV show the author would argue that ''All Creatures'' lacked realism, as do other similar programmes. Gareth Steel says that the book is not suitable for younger readers and - after reading - I agree with him. He says that he's written it to inform and provoke thought, particularly amongst aspiring vets. It deals with some uncomfortable and distressing issues but it doesn't lack sensitivity, although there are occasions when you would be best choosing between reading and eating.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1787332098|title=How to Love Animals in a Human-Shaped World|author=Henry Mance|rating=5|genre=Politics and Society|summary=''When we do think about animals, we break them down into species and groups: cows, dogs, foxes, elephants and so on. And we assign them places in society: cows go on plates, dogs on sofas, foxes in rubbish bins, elephants in zoos, and millions of wild animals stay out there, ''somewhere,'' hopefully on the next David Attenborough series.'' I was going to argue. I mean, cows are for cheese (I couldn't consider eating red meat...) and I much prefer my elephants in the wild but then I realised that I was quibbling for the sake of it. Essentially that quote sums up my attitude to animals - and I consider myself an animal lover. If I had to choose between the company of humans and the company of animals, I would probably choose the animals. I insisted that I read this book: no one was trying to stop me but I was initially reluctant. I eat cheese, eggs, chicken and fish and I needed to either do so without guilt or change my choices. I suspected that making the decision would not be comfortable.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1786495902|title=The Natural Health Service: How Nature Can Mend Your Mind|author=Isabel Hardman|rating=5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=Isabel Hardman suffered a trauma which she chooses not to share. She says that a friend who does know, burst into tears and health-care professionals' jaws have sagged in disbelief. Hardman dealt with this at the time by 'keeping going': the next day she went to work to cover the budget, next there was the EU referendum, the political party leadership contests and then it was party conference season. One night she had to be sedated and returned home to begin long-term sick leave. That was what brought me to this book: 2020 was the year when the bins went out more often than I did.}}
{{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:Animals and Wildlife{{Frontpage|isbn=Sewell Spot|title=The Big Bird Spot|author=Matt Sewell|rating=4|genre=Animals and Wildlife]], [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]] ''An instruction manual for 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 forest'puffins who' is how Wohlleben's publisher described d arrived on the cliffs in the idea for this booklast few days. Finally, I found one, and that's basically what it is – although right at after visually sorting through all the end other birds on the author says that it is not intended to be a reference book, but an appetiserprecipitous 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://wwwour bird watcher is very careless because you're going to have to find them in every picture.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908489332/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="verticalBurkey_Ethics|title=Ethics for a Full World or, Can Animal-align: top; text-align: left;"Lovers Save the World?|author=Tormod V Burkey|rating=4|genre==[[The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus by Caz Buckingham Animals and Andrea Pinnington]]===Wildlife [[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=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 Burkey argues that man's current practices are outside the Dawn Chorus'' but the pull realms of the sounds nature. He is no longer part of a dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much to resist on a cold and rather wet February morningthe ecosystem but instead exists above it through his dominating ways. 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 He is himself distanced even further by advancement in technologies, industry, money and did it all again and it was just as good the second time aroundpollution that comes with them. SoThe natural world, Burkey argues, what do you get? [[The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus no longer exists for man because he has altered it by Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington|Full Review]]<!-- Honeyborne -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"| [[image:Honeyborne BlueIIsuch 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.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178240404X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Ljung_Butterfly|title=Build a ... Butterfly|author=Kiki Ljung|rating===[[Blue Planet II by James Honeyborne and Mark Brownlow]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and WildlifeChildren's Non-Fiction|Animals and Wildlife]], [[summary=I love butterflies:Category:Popular Science|Popular Science]] You may well remember they're one of the delights of my garden and it's always a pleasure when the sticking of there are children there and they see a number '2' after a film title was suggesting something of prestige - that butterfly close up, possibly for the first film had been so good time, as it was fully justified to have something morerests on a flower. That Kiki Ljung has hardly been proven correct, but it has until recently almost been confined given us the opportunity to cinema - you barely got learn about butterflies and also to build a TV series worthy 3D model of a numbered sequel, and never in our own. The book is primarily aimed at the world of nonfive to eight-fiction. If someone has made a nature series aboutyear-old age group, say, Alaska (and boy aren't there are but I have to confess that I had a lot great deal of those these days) and wants to make another, why she just makes another - nothing would justify the numeralfun building my own painted lady. 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 I learned quite a second helping. [[Blue Planet II by James Honeyborne and Mark Brownlow|Full Review]]bit too!}}<!-- Taylor -->{{Frontpage|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Jones_Foxes[[image:Taylor_Owls.jpg|left|linktitle=httpFoxes Unearthed://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178240404X/refA Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain|author=nosim?tagLucy Jones|rating=thebookbag-21]]4|genre=Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary="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;"|===[[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor]]=== [[image:5stareyed wildness in our towns.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]]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, [[:Category:Animals a vicious pest and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] I feel like I am a worthy foe. As well as being watched. A huge pair the most ubiquitous of piercing orange eyes are staring right at mewild animals, locking me into their gaze. In contrast with it is also the hardness of least understood. Here Lucy Jones investigates 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 inside..natural world. [[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor|Full Review]]}}<!-- Montgomery -->{{Frontpage|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 Get used to two simple words if you have a child, ''What's That?'' You will hear it over and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind by Sy Montgomery over and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas]]=== [[image:3over again. If you are lucky they are pointing at something that you actually know – chair, hat, my sense of regret.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 Sometimes they will point at something that is not too familiar. Here the parental practice of making something up comes into play – it''New York Times'' best-selling authorss a bird type thing. They first bonded over their shared love Books that show images of items, colours or animals: shortly after meeting, Sy's pet ferret had given Liz may seem a nasty bitelittle 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 Sy. ''Tamed and Untamed'' is the resulting collaboration between the two friends as they share personal anecdotes and amazing stories about the animal worlds that. [[Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind by Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas|Full Review]]}}<!-- Barr -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Packham_Babies| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Amazing Animal Babies|author=Chris Packham and Jason Cockcroft[[image:Barr_Elephant.jpg|left|linkrating=http://www3.amazon.co.uk/dp/184780943X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Animals and Wildlife|summary===[[10 Reasons to Love an Elephant by Catherine Barr and Hanako Clulow]]=== [[image:4starMany children love animals, but they love baby animals even more.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]], [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Ten reasons to love an elephant, ehWould you rather watch a dog or watch a puppy? Well, personally, I've never needed ten reasons as they've always been my favourite large animal, the gentle giants of Africa and IndiaA 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, but it was good someone needs to find out more about give them. Perhaps the most surprising fact which I discovered was that they live in herds headed by their ''grandmothers''. Female elephants facts about baby animals 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]]who better than wildlife presenter Chris Packham?}} <!-- Grindrod -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=PrasadamHall_Pairs| styletitle="width: 10%; verticalPairs in the Garden|author=Smriti Prasadam-align: top; text-align: center;"Halls and Lorna Scobie|rating=4[[image:Grindrod Outskirts.jpg|leftgenre=Animals and Wildlife|linksummary=http:''Pairs in the Garden'' is a fun book//wwwgame hybrid for little fingers into creepy crawlies.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473625025/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagIt's a lift-21]] | style="verticalthe-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Outskirts by John Grindrod]]=== [[image:4starflap 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.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]], [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] ''Outskirts'' is an interesting take on a phenomenon of But beware! You cannot just use the modern age: the introduction process of the green belt of countryside surrounding inner city housing estates. John Grindrod grew up elimination because there are 7 flaps on the edge of one such estate in the 1960's and '70'seach page, as he puts it, ''I grew up on the last road in Londonbut only 3 pairs to find.'' 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 decisionsOne poor creature is all alone with no partner. 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]]}}<!-- 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]]=== [[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]] Wildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; it 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. If you want to capture their attention, you must first draw their eyes. Through DK have attempted this book Moss suggests a few ways in which we can start one of the most colourful and vibrant encyclopedias you are likely to bring back some see.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Niemann Trees|title=A Tale of Britain's wildlife without compromising the human way of lifeTrees: we can co-exist with nature. [[Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back The Battle to save Britain's Wildlife by Stephen MossAncient Woodland|Full Review]] <!-- Sewell -->author=Derek Niemann|-rating=4| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Animals and Wildlife[[image:Sewell Spot.jpg|left|linksummary=http://wwwAncient British woodland is something very special indeed.amazonIt captures our imagination, connects us to nature and fuels our creativity.co.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:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]]It's 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 previous 400. The destruction was large-scale and merciless and by 1985, we'd already lost a very helpful volunteer guided my sight line to one third of our ancient woodland. Predictions for the puffins who'd arrived on future were bleak: find a way to halt 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. [[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 decline or there will be nothing left outside nature reserves by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive|Full Review]]2020}}
