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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.}}
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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]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[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:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]]we can co-exist with nature.}}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 {{Frontpage|isbn=Sewell Spot|title=The Big Bird Spot|author=Matt Sewell|rating=4|genre=Animals and beautiful. An enigma; harsh and gentle Wildlife|summary=Recently I stood on a viewing platform at the same time, RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs whilst a very helpful volunteer guided my sightline to one of the owl is beckoning puffins who'd arrived on the reader to turn cliffs in the pages and take a closer look insidelast 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. [[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor|Full Review]] <! The third double-page spread in wild- Montgomery -->|-| 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:Montgomery Tamedthree 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/1603587551/ref}}{{Frontpage|isbn=nosim?tagBurkey_Ethics|title=thebookbagEthics for a Full World or, Can Animal-21]]Lovers Save the World?|author=Tormod V Burkey|rating=4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Tamed Animals and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind by Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas]]===Wildlife [[image:3.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall-Thomas 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, Burkey argues, no longer exists for man because he has altered it by such things. [[Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of Indeed, global warming has caused climate change, which, if it continues, will make the world unrecognisable. For the Animal Kind by Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas|Full Review]] <!-- Barr -->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.|-}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Ljung_Butterfly[[image:Barr_Elephant.jpg|left|linktitle=http://wwwBuild a .amazon.co.uk/dp/184780943X/ref=nosim?tagButterfly|author=thebookbag-21]]Kiki Ljung|rating=4.5| stylegenre="verticalChildren's Non-align: top; text-align: left;"Fiction|summary===[[10 Reasons to Love an Elephant by Catherine Barr I love butterflies: they're one of the delights of my garden and Hanako Clulow]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Childrenit's Non-Fiction|Children'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, the gentle giants of Africa and India, but it was good to find out more about themrests on a flower. Perhaps Kiki Ljung has given us the most surprising fact which I discovered was that they live in herds headed by their ''grandmothers''. Female elephants opportunity to learn about butterflies and their calves stay together and the oldest female elephant is also to build a 3D model of our own. The book is primarily aimed at the one in charge as she knows where five to find food and water eight-year- and she knows her herd. She remembers about people tooold age group, but I have to confess that I had a great deal of fun building my own painted lady. [[10 Reasons to Love an Elephant by Catherine Barr and Hanako Clulow|Full Review]]I learned quite a bit too!}}<!-- Grindrod -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Jones_Foxes| styletitle="widthFoxes Unearthed: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain[[image:Grindrod Outskirts.jpg|left|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473625025/refLucy Jones|rating=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Animals and Wildlife|summary===[[Outskirts by John Grindrod]]=== [[imageAs one of the largest predators left in Britain, the fox is captivating:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]], [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] ''Outskirts'' is a comfortably familiar figure in our country landscapes; an interesting take on a phenomenon intriguing flash of the modern age: the introduction of the green belt of countryside surrounding inner city housing estatesbright-eyed wildness in our towns. John Grindrod grew up on the edge of one Yet no other animal attracts such estate in the 1960's and '70'scontroversy, has provoked more column inches or been so ambiguously woven into our culture over centuries, perceived variously as he puts ita beautiful animal, a cunning rogue, ''I grew up on the last road in Londona vicious pest and a worthy foe.'' Grindrod explores As well as being the introduction most ubiquitous of the green beltwild animals, and the various fights and developments it has gone through over is also the subsequent decades, as environmental and political arguments have affected planning decisionsleast understood. Within this topicHere Lucy Jones investigates the truth about foxes – delving into fact, he has somehow managed to wind around his personal memories of childhoodfiction, producing a memoir folklore and her own history with a lot of heartthe creatures. Discussing the debate on foxes, Jones asks what our attitudes towards foxes says about us, and our relationship with the natural world. [[Outskirts by John Grindrod|Full Review]]}}<!-- Moss -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Metisola_1st| styletitle="width: 10%; verticalMy First Animals|author=Aino-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 over and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] Wildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; it is an unfortunate by-product again. If you are lucky they are pointing at something that you actually know – chair, hat, my sense of human population growth, which in regret. Sometimes they will point at something that is not too familiar. Here the modern world has increased significantly. Through this book Moss suggests a few ways in which we can start to bring back some of Britainparental practice of making 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 Britain'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 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 Non-Fiction|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]]eyed stumbling of youth that is not dissimilar to their own. However, [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals someone needs to give them the facts about baby animals and Wildlife]]who better than wildlife presenter Chris Packham?}}Recently I stood on a viewing platform at the RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs as a very helpful volunteer guided my sight line to one of the puffins who'd arrived on the cliffs {{Frontpage|isbn=PrasadamHall_Pairs|title=Pairs in the last few days. Finally, I found one, after visually sorting through all the other birds on Garden|author=Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Lorna Scobie|rating=4|genre=Animals and Wildlife|summary=''Pairs in the precipitous cliff faceGarden'' is a fun book/game hybrid for little fingers into creepy crawlies. It was great fun and very rewarding. The third double's a lift-page spread in wildthe-life author and artist Matt Sewell's first flap book for childrenwith a difference, because not only do you get to see what''The Big Bird Spot''s underneath, shows some cliffs very like those at Bempton, but this time you're going to be looking for twenty three Little Auks, in amongst then must see if you can find a matching pair on the guillemots, puffins, herring gulls and razorbillssame page. Oh, and you're looking for a pair But beware! You cannot just use the process of binoculars too: our bird watcher is very careless, elimination because you're going to have there are 7 flaps on each page, but only 3 pairs to find them in every picture. [[The Big Bird Spot by Matt Sewell|Full Review]]One poor creature is all alone with no partner.}}<!-- Burkey -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=DK_Animals| styletitle="widthKnowledge Encyclopedia: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Animal!|author=DK[[image:Burkey_Ethics.jpg|left|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co4.uk/dp/1905570856/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Animals and Wildlife|summary===[[Ethics for a Full World orThe encyclopedia may be an informative type of book, Can Animal-Lovers Save but it's not always the World? by Tormod V Burkey]]=== [[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]] Burkey argues that man's current practices are outside the realms This dry type of learning is never going to work with some of nature. He is no longer part of the ecosystemour modern youth, more used to spending time looking for imaginary animals on their phones, but instead exists above it through his dominating waysthan researching real ones in a book. He is himself distanced even further by advancement in technologiesIf you want to capture their attention, industry, money and all the pollution that comes with themyou must first draw their eyes. The natural world, Burkey argues, no longer exists for man because he has altered it by such thingsDK have attempted this in one of the most colourful and vibrant encyclopedias you are likely to see. Indeed, global warming has caused climate change, which, if it continues, will make the world unrecognisable. For the world }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Niemann Trees|title=A Tale of Trees: The Battle 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 -->|-save Britain's Ancient Woodland|author=Derek Niemann|rating=4|genre=Animals and Wildlife| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Ljung_ButterflyAncient British woodland is something very special indeed.jpg|left|link=http://wwwIt captures our imagination, connects us to nature and fuels our creativity.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847809154/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Build 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... Butterfly by Kiki Ljung]]=== [[image:4.5star.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]]yet in the 40 years following the war, [[:Category:Crafts|Crafts]] I love butterflies: they're one of we lost more ancient woodland than in the delights of my garden previous 400. The destruction was large-scale and merciless and it's always by 1985, we'd already lost a pleasure when there are children there and they see a butterfly close up, possibly third of our ancient woodland. Predictions for the first time, as it rests on future were bleak: find a flower. Kiki Ljung has given us way to halt 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}}
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