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[[Category:New Reviews|Children's Non-Fiction]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Libby Walden1839948493|title=In Focus: 101 Close Ups, Cross-Sections and Cutaways|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Only recently I've had reason to applaud a children's non-fiction book for concentrating on showing its audience what they have no hope to see – in that case, the underground and underwater worlds, from the shallowest plant roots to the deepest oceanic explorations and everything in between. Other unseen worlds are all around us, however – they're what goes on on the inside of things – inside a pocket watch (remember them?), inside a yurt, a space shuttle, a volcano, a toilet… This pleasant square block A World of book not only gives us the outside image and a caption, but the full story of the innards, meaning the young reader is certainly going where they've never been before…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184857505X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewDogs|author=CoderDojo|title=Build Your Own Website: Create with CodeCarlie Sorosiak and Luisa Uribe

|summary=The Nanonauts want In the interests of full disclosure, I must tell you that I'm a website sucker for their banddogs. In nearly eight decades, I've never met one I didn't trust and who better to build it for I've loved most of them than . I wish I felt the CoderDojo network of free computing clubs for young people? same about human beings. In this handbookSo, created in conjunction with the CoderDojo Foundationany book about dogs, children of seven plus will learn how I'm going to build a website using HTML, CSS sit down and Javascriptdevour. Don't worry too much if some of those words donThen I't mean anything m going to you - all will be made clear as you go back and read through the bookit properly. ThereAnd so it was with ''A World of Dogs''s also information about how to start a CoderDojo Nano club , with friends ninety- which has great benefits in terms of harnessing creativity, learning how six pages devoted entirely to code my four- and legged friends. Author Carlie Sorosiak found herself the benefits accidental owner of teamworkan American Dingo - she's learned quite a lot about dogs since then.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405278730</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Bright1529507987|title=See Inside Dinosaurs The Repair Shop Craft Book|author=Walker Books and Sonia Albert (Illustrator)|rating=34.5

|summary=What would you do if the doorbell rang and I love ''The Repair Shop''. It's my go-to programme when you opened the door you saw I want to be cheered up. After a giant Trojan-Horse waiting for you? hard day, there's nothing better than watching experts repair treasured items without ever mentioning what they're worth. I for one would not drag You see, the thing value is in; it would what these possessions are worth to the people who own them and the memories they hold. No expense appears to be too big spared and the experts spend as much time and could be full of angry Greekseffort as is required to achieve the desired result. The same could be said of Regular viewers know the experts and they're all brilliant at explaining what it is they'See inside Dinosaurs'' by Michael Brightre doing. You may think that you are buying one thing, but instead you are getting an impressive triceratops skeleton, or a T-Rex model, or maybe even a book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784934739</amazonuk>But how did they start?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve Parker024162343X|title=100 Facts Butterflies & MothsStolen History|author=Sathnam Sanghera

|summary=Damn those beesI was the bad company other people got into at school. TheyI was disruptive in religious education classes because I disputed the existence of a 'god're not . Where was the only flying creatures vanishing from our world at alarming ratesproof? In history lessons, and it was probably worse still. Not too long after the othersend of WWII, like butterflies I didn't so much want to learn about the British army's successes (and mothsoccasional failures, are actually runners-up but we didn't dwell on those) in what came to be called 'the colonies' as want to dispute what right the army had to Mr Bumble and his mysteriously dying ilk be there in pollinating plants. Plus they're more visually attractivethe first place. But even though this book has two nudges and a thanks given to the Butterfly Conservation bodyLooking back, I still believe I was right - but I regret thatI lacked the maturity to approach 's certainly not the more notable feature of these pagesproblem' politely. What stands out is the superlative contentI wish I'd had Sathnam Sanghera's ''Stolen History''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786170116</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= National Geographic KidsJeremy Dronfield and David Ziggy Greene|title= Angry Birds Playground: Atlas (Angry Birds Playgrounds)Fritz and Kurt|rating= 54|genre= Confident Readers|summary=''Angry Birds Playground'' is We start with the pair of brothers Fritz and Kurt, and their muckers, doing things any Jewish lad in 1930s Vienna would want to do – kicking things around the empty market place, helping the neighbours, being dutiful when it comes to the synagogue choir and at a new educational book series based vocational school. Kurt has to make sure the lamps are turned on at their very Orthodox neighbours' each Friday night – the Sabbath preventing them for using anything nearly as mechanical and workmanlike as a geographical themelight switch. Rovio- But this is the team responsible for time just before the popular game- have teamed up with National Geographic Kids Austrian leader is going to cave to create Hitler's will, and instead of having a stunning set national vote to keep the Nazis out, invite them in with open arms. ''Kristallnacht'' happened in Vienna just as much as in Germany, as did all the round-ups of books that perfectly blend Jews. These in their turn leave the cheeky humour from the game younger Kurt at home with informative text his mother and breathtaking real-world photography. The series will appeal sisters anxious to young fans hear word of an evacuation to Britain or the game US, while Fritz and anyone who has an interest in his father are, unknown initially to each other, packed off on the wonders of same train to Buchenwald and the natural worldstone quarry there. And us wondering how the titular event for the adult variant of all this could come about…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1426324596</amazonuk>024156574X

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Joe Archer and Caroline Craig1913750353|title=The Kew Gardens ChildrenBritannica's Cookbook: PlantWord of the Day|author=Patrick Kelly, Cook, EatRenee Kelly and Sue Macy

|summary=I grew up in the immediate post war period. Growing your own vegetables had been a necessity in the war and it was still a habit for those who had a bit of garden, so ''The Kew Gardens ChildrenBritannica's CookbookWord of the Day'' was has a real pleasure for me, as well as a touch of nostalgia. The principle is very simplesub-title: show children how ''366 Elevating Utterances to grow their own vegetables Stretch Your Cranium and then how Tickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you need to transform them into delicious foodknow about this brilliant book. It sounds simple, doesnstarts on January 1st with ''Razzmatazz''t it? Well, tells you how to pronounce it might come as a surprise, but it is!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0750298197</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= John Haslam and Steve Parker|title= A Journey Through Nature|rating= 4.5|genre= Children(''s Nonraz-muh-Fiction|summary= Beautifully presentedTAZ''), this is gives you a book that takes a worldwide look at definition and then includes the natural world, word in both urban and rural locationsa sentence so that you know how it should be used. We start off in the city, looking at pigeons, the American racoon, the Australian possum You also get an engaging and the South American Marmosetfrequently amusing illustration too. I don't think I learnt 3 things from those first two pages, including what Kits are, how long babies live with 've ever encountered a word which uses the possum mothers and the pregnancy traits of the monkeys. We were off to a good start.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784934496</amazonuk>letter Z four times before!

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0711266204|title=The Secret Life of Birds|author=Aleksandra Mizielinski, Daniel Mizielinski Moira Butterfield and Antonia Lloyd-Jones Vivian Mineker (translatorillustrator)|title=Under Earth, Under Water

|summary=One of I have recently discovered a great pleasure: I sit and watch the major remits vast numbers of children's non-fiction books is to get them to look around them and gain birds which visit our garden on a better understanding of what they're seeingdaily basis. After a volume such as this, the obvious response is to see that as an incredibly narrow focusAn hour can pass without my noticing. For this book will take the reader and show them exactly what they canI't see – ve established which species feed from microscopic things living in soil even seasoned Scrabble players haven't heard ofthe ground, right down which pop to the fish swimming their way towards the Mariana Trench, the deepest section feeders for a quick snatch of sea on earthsome food and who settles in for a good munch but I wish I was more knowledgeable. Make no bones about itIt would have been wonderful if, this book is entirely focused on what is beneath our feet and sea levelsas a child, and – no pie in the sky response this – it is I'd had access to a winner.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783703644</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= John Haslam and Steve Parker|title= A Journey Through the Weather|rating= 4.5|genre= Childrenbook such as 's Non-Fiction|summary= We're British. We LOVE to talk about the weather. But beyond the usual platitudes The Secret Life of Birds''Bit cold out isn't . So – what is it'' or ''What a beautiful day'', how much do you actually know about what's happening up in the sky? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>178493450X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emma Adams and James Weston Lewis0192779230|title=Very Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds: The Great Fire Invisible World of London: 350th Anniversary of the Great Fire of 1666Germs|author=Isabel Thomas

|summary=While the average primary school child may not quite be able 'Germs' seems to have become a catch-all word to fathom cover anything unpleasant which has the importance and actual length of 350 years, it is no reason not potential to put a book out looking back that distance of time to major historical eventsmake you ill. But it has In the first book in what looks to be a good book very promising new series, OUP and Isabel Thomas have provided a clear and accessible introduction to justify the mental time travel that entailsworld of germs. And you have to hit on a remarkable subject, something that will open We get an informed look at how people originally thought about diseases and what they thought caused them and how the young eyes to the danger, tragedy and drama of our historythinking has developed over time. Something The vocabulary can be confusing but Thomas gives a regular box headed 'speak like a scientist' which explains some of the Great Fire of Londontrickiest concepts and you'll soon be familiar with bacteria, as seen in this large hardback, which when it comes down to itfungi, protists and viruses – and for many reasons, is a very good book indeedhow we should protect ourselves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0750298200</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1800464495|title= 100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: Support All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of Maths|author=Young Rewired StateEmma Smith|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|titlesummary=Get Coding''Babies seem to be born with an amazing number sense: understanding shapes in the womb, being aware of quantities at seven hours old, assessing probability at six months old, and comprehending addition and subtraction at nine months old.'' Did you know this? I didn't!How about: Learn HTML ''Maths ability on entry to school is a strong predictor of later achievement, double that of literacy skills.'' I didn't know this either! I think most parents are aware that giving your children a good start in literacy - reading stories, teaching pen grips, CSS & JavaScript & build singing rhymes - gives children a websitesolid foundation when they start school. But do we think the same way about maths, app & gamebeyond counting? I don't think we do, in part because so many of us are afraid of maths. But why are we? Most of us use maths in daily life without realising and it follows that giving our children a similar pre-school grounding will be just as beneficial.}} {{Frontpage|isbn=1406395404|title=The Awesome Power of Sleep: How Sleep Super-Charges Your Teenage Brain|author=Nicola Morgan

|summary=Learning The title and format of this book might lead you to code, even heading into my seventh decade, changed my life and for todaythink that it's children either about responsibility - or it's important because it opens so many doorsa basic 1-2-3 book for those just starting out on the numbers journey. It might look complicated, but all isn't: it required is concentration and - eventually - imagination. I had 's a reasonable mastery of the skills of basic HTML in three days with the benefit hymn of a personal tutor, but where praise to go if you donmaths. It't have that privilege or if s about why maths is so wonderful and how you need some extra support? ''Get Coding!'' seems like the perfect answermeet it in everyday life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406366846</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Andrea Mills1849767009|title=Top Of The League It Isn't Rude to be Nude|author=Rosie Haine|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Non-FictionFor Sharing|summary=Football This could have been one of those books which 'preaches to the choir': the only people who'll buy it are the people who know that nudity is known as OK and the ones who ''know'' that it's shameful will avoid it like they avoid the beautiful game hot-and when I was younger I kind of believed this-bothered person in the supermarket who is coughing fit to bust. I would spend my free time playing Heads and Volleys with my mates and then go home to try and complete my Panini sticker albumBut.. There was even the halcyon days when Blackburn Rovers won the title. As I have grown older, my cynicism has grown tooRosie Haines makes it into something so much more than a book about not wearing clothes. Leicester may be champions, but the day I feel that It's a group celebration of multimillionaires beating a group bodies: bodies large and small and of slightly richer multimillionaires is a win for the everyman, will be a sad oneevery possible hue. Perhaps the love of football still burns bright in the youth of today? Bodies with disabilities and markings. They're fine. In fact, they'Top Of the League'' certainly hopes so as it is full of facts and figures all about the ball they call footre wonderful.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784934577</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Justin Miles1776572858|title=Ultimate Mapping Guide for KidsHow Do You Make a Baby?|author=Anna Fiske and Don Bartlett (translator)|rating=45|genre=Children's Non-FictionHome and Family|summary=It's more than sixty years since I've always been fascinated by maps: diverse features can be converted into symbols, drawn on a piece of paper and then passed to someone else to interpretasked how babies were made. Making or reading maps are skills which stay with you throughout life My mother was deeply embarrassed and learning told me that she'how to' is relatively simple and great fund get me a book about it. Author Justin Miles had A couple of days later I was handed a car accident pamphlet (which delivered nothing more than the basics, in 1999 and brain injuries meant that he clinical language which had to learn to walk never been used in our house before) and talk from scratch. Whilst he I was doing this he decided to become a full time explorer and to support charities told that it wouldn't be discussed any further as it ''wasn't something which inspire children to learnnice people talked about''. He raises funds by taking on daring challengesI ''knew'' more, which have included climbing mountains, exploring the Arctic, crossing deserts and cutting his way through the junglebut was little ''wiser''. If a man knows about mapsThankfully, then it's Justin Milestimes have changed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178493464X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Imogen Greenberg and Isabel Greenberg1526362759|title=The Ancient EgyptiansDosh: How to Earn It, Save It, Spend It, Grow It, Give It|author=Rashmi Sirdeshpande|rating=3.5

|summary=There was more to the Ancient Egyptians than keeping the entrails of their dead in What a jarrelief! A book about money, but that is a pretty cool fact anyway. As a civilisation they knocked around for centuries until Cleopatra had a nasty incident children, with an Asp. Cramming all the information on one clear explanations of what it is, why it matters, how to acquire more of the most complex it (nope - robbing banks is out) and intriguing peoples what you can do with it when you've managed to get hold of it. Your reasons for wanting money don't matter: we all time is a big ask; making need it assessable to children is even biggersome extent. Imogen Greenberg You might want to go into business, be a clever shopper, a saver (you might even become an ''investor'') and Isabel Greenberg have attempted this in there might be something you really, ''The Ancient Egyptiansreally''want to buy. There's also the possibility of using to do good in the world. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808255</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Imogen Greenberg and Isabel Greenberg178112938X|title=Survival in Space: The Roman EmpireApollo 13 Mission|author=David Long and Stefano Tambellini (illustrator)|rating=45|genre=Children's Non-FictionDyslexia Friendly|summary=You may not think it It's fifty years since the Apollo 13 mission was launched from my writing, but I actually have a degree the Kennedy Space Centre in history. Some of this was on the Roman EmpireFlorida, but even I struggle to remember what happened when during the time period. The Republic and Empire spanned hundreds story of that journey remains one of years, so Alexander rocking up with his elephants did not happen anywhere near the rise greatest survival stories of Julius Caesarall time. Modern youths would not think to shove the invention of the microchip ''Survival in with the Napoleonic Wars, so why would you do this with Rome? Kids need Space: The Apollo 13 Mission'' is a simple book that tells them about the Roman Empire, but also puts it all in a context and timeline they can understandbrilliant retelling of what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808565</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Anna KovecsesKathleen Boucher and Sara Chadwick|title=One Hundred Words: A first handwriting Nine Ways to Empower Tweens|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=''9 Ways to Empower Tweens'' is a self-help bookfor tweens, setting out to show them vital #lifeskills. Don't groan! I know there is a market glut of such books for we grown-ups and for young adults too, but there is a needful space in an increasingly technological world accessible to younger and younger children for material for tweens too. |isbn= 0228818826}}  {{Frontpage|isbn=1609809173|title=Eiffel's Tower for Young People|author=Jill Jonnes|rating=45

|summary=Little Mouse is learning to write. ActuallyBrash and elegant, sophisticated, controversial and vibrant, you donthe 1889 World't just learn to writes Fair in Paris encompassed the best, you have to learn to hold the worst and use a pencil the beautiful from many countries and to control it so that the point goes where you want it tocultures. Pencils - and particularly crayons - have a mind of The French Republic laid out model villages from all their owncolonies, you know! Soput on art shows, we start of with the tripod grip and some tips about what to do if you find that difficult. Then we're straight into the actiondance performances, starting with drawing a straight line from side to side food festivals and concerts to see what's required we have a footballer kicking a ball in stun the direction we're going to gosenses. There are fifteen examples where you trace the lineAnd towering above it all, just so you get the hang of it most popular and then you get the most hated monument to have a go on your ownFrench accomplishment and daring – the Eiffel Tower.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808018</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kay Maguire and Danielle Kroll1848576536|title=Nature's DayHumanatomy: Out How the Body Works|author=Nicola Edwards and AboutJem Maybank|rating=45

|summary=I love books which encourage children to interact with nature - as opposed to a computer screen. I like to see them getting outdoors''Get under your own skin, preferably getting a bit dirtypick your brains, being independent and getting excited about nature. A good teacher will inspire children, but go inside your insides!''Nature That's Day: Out what ''Humanatomy'' invites you to do and About'honestly, I don' t see how you could resist. This informative book provides support a wonderful primer about the human body to curious children- from the skeletal system to the muscular system via circulation, respiration and encouragement in equal measures and might just be what a child needsdigestion, right up to the DNA that makes who we are.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184780800X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Danielle Kroll and Nghiem TaLangford_Emily|title=Pattern Play: Cut, Fold and Make Your Own 3D Animal ModelsEmily's Numbers|author=Joss Langford

|summary=HereEmily found words 's a neat idea for you'useful'', but counting was what she loved best. Provide pages with animal prints on one side - only by animal printsObviously, I mean the sort of colours you can count anything and pattern which there's no limit to how far you see on animalscan go, not paw prints! but then Emily moved a step further and began counting in twos. Some are subtle She knew all about odd and others are rather more in-your-faceeven numbers. On Then she began counting in threes: half of the reverse of these printed pages provide a cutting line so that you can cut and fold list were even numbers, but the paper other half was odd and it becomes a 3D model was this list of an animalodd numbers which occurred when you counted in threes which she called ''threeven''. Provide some stickers which replicate faces(Actually, tails or beaks - or whatever else you feel needs highlighting - and number these so that this confused me a little bit at first as they get into 're a subset of the right place. All you need to add odd numbers but sound as though they ought to the mix is be a pair subset of scissors, parental supervision if necessary for the cuttingeven numbers, a little imagination and you have hours of funbut it all worked out well when I really thought about it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807321</amazonuk>)

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Martin HandfordBuckingham_Dawn|title=Where's Wally: The Colouring Little Bookof the Dawn Chorus|author=Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington

|genre=Children's Non-FictionAnimals and Wildlife|summary=Are you looking for something relaxing, easy What a treat! I really did mean to complete and which will allow your mind 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 wander freely as you gently colour in resist on a pleasing design? cold and rather wet February morning. Do you want I spent an indulgent hour or so reading all about the birds and listening to indulge your imagination their song. Then - just because I could - I went back and did it all again and use the colours which tempt you at the moment, content that it will not affect was just as good the finished creation? second time around. Would you like large spaces which you can shade in large swoops as it pleases you? Are So, what do you aiming for a soothing finished product which is easy on the eyeget? Sorry: you've got the wrong book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406367303</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Deborah PattersonPankhurst_Women|title=My Book of Stories: Write Your Own AdventuresFantastically Great Women Who Made History|author=Kate Pankhurst

|summary=If you happen to have two childrenA lot of history is about men. Kings and generals and inventors and politicians. Sometimes, born five years apartit feels almost as though there were no women in history at all, you can count on having let alone ones young girls might like to live through practically four full years of school holidays – and that doesn't include Bank Holidays read about or teacher trainingregard as role models. Weather permittingOf course, thatthis isn's well over 1t true and there are plenty of women who, throughout history,400 days where the impetus is on to take them somewherehave achieved amazing things or shown incredible bravery, or spend moneycreated something never seen before. So what better and cheaper place to take them than their own imagination? And if you can't quite unlock the door that leads therehere, we can certainly suggest in this wonderful picture bookfrom Kate Pankhurst, are the stories of some of them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0712356355</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anna ClaybourneIgnotofsky_Sport|title=50 Things You Should Know AboutWomen in Sport: Wild WeatherFifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win|author=Rachel Ignotofsky|rating=45

|summary=Oh, this takes me back''Women in Sport'' is coming to us just before the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018. Out It celebrates a century and a half of all the things we learn development of women's sport by looking at school and profess to never want to need fifty of its highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as an adultswimming, fencing, riding, the water cycle is one that I had forgotten aboutskating, until nowand much more. It forms the basis Think of a lot of our weather, after all – the way landmasses sport and seas warm the air above them differently, thus causing motion a pioneering woman succeeding at it is probably in the shape of winds and altering atmospheric pressure, that we call weatherthis book somewhere. And from the gentlest high pressure, that someone somewhere will always deem too hot, to the most furious electrical storm, weather Each entry is certainly something a lot of people like to talk aboutdouble-page spread with a brief biography and a striking portrait. Is this book the ideal place to learn the basics of such a thing?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178493304X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Maria Ana Peixe Dias, Ines Teixeira do Rosario, Bernardo P Carvalho and Lucy Greaves (translator)Rooney_Dino|title=Outside: A Guide to Discovering NatureDinosaurs|author=Anne Rooney and Suzanne Carpenter

|summary=Lift the flap books have progressed somewhat since I'm on was a mission: I want children - adults too - to spend a lot more time outsidechild. I want them to have the benefits This one comes with sounds! Taking us layer by layer, through various different ages of fresh airdinosaurs, increasing their levels we meet a variety of vitamin D and the knowledge creatures, some of what nature can offer them. whom are very familiar but some I'd like never heard of before! Each scene peels open, layer by layer, showing you what the televisionvarious dinosaurs are getting up to, computerswith background noises, mobile phones, video games roars and even books squawks to be laid aside and attention given to what is available for freeaccompany them! The book creates a dinosaur experience, but which - if we don't care for rather than just being facts about dinosaurs it - might not always be there. Fortunately the authors of ''Outside: A Guide to discovering Nature'' have s very visual, placing the same ideasdinosaurs in their habitats and giving us sounds too that spike your imagination.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807690</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Caz Buckingham and Andrea PinningtonMason_poo|title=The Nature Explorer's Scrapbook|rating=5|genre=Poo That Animals and Wildlife|summary=''An activity book, but not as you know it'' is what it says on the back cover - and I have to agree. Here at Bookbag we tend to avoid 'activity books' as they usually have soft covers, lots of stickers and they're the sort of thing you pick up at the supermarket checkout in the hope that it will buy you an hour or two's peace in the school holidays. ''The Nature Explorer's Handbook'' is a different beast altogether. It's part album in which you're going to collect and store your own finds, part explanation of the best practices of how you should go about this and part nature guide. It's a substantial hardback book with an elastic band to keep it shut - as it's really going to get quite bulky when your collection grows. Production values for the book are high - this really is something which will be treasured for years.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>190848926X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewDo|author=Peggy Caravantes|title=Marooned in the Arctic|rating=5|genre=Biography|summary=Misogynists are manmade. And if anyone was in a position to hate men and the lot they put on their shoulders, it was Ava Blackjack. Her surname spoke of an abusive man she had a son by, but it was her time with four other men that made for one of the last century's more remarkable stories. An Inuit native, but one brought up in a city and with English lessons, she was invited on an excursion alongside many other 'Eskimo' and four intrepid Westerners, to the uninhabited Wrangel Island, perched off the northern Siberian coast. They were there just to stick a flag in it and call it British, even if they were pretty much fully American and Canadian, and the chap whose ideas these all were bore an Icelandic name; she was along to provide native expertise, especially waterproof fur clothing. And that was it – none of her kin joined her, leaving her in one tent and four men in another, in one of the world's most remote and inhospitable places. And that was just the start of her worries…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1613730985</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Andrea Pinnington Paul Mason and Caz Buckingham|title=The Little Book of Woodland Bird SongsTony de Saulles

|summary=Take a well-put-together board book (I know, I know, sometimes you really don't worry about it being a board want to encourage your children's poo jokes, but this book - no one is going brilliant! I sat and read it by myself when the kids had gone to say that they’re a bit too old for a board school and found it fascinating! Who knew there was so much I didn't know about poo? The book once they see itmanages to be both funny (and silly), add exquisite pictures of a dozen birds - one on each double-page spread - as well as being very interesting and then fill in the detailseducational. You'll need the name Using a mixture of the bird in English facts and Latin figures, photographs and funny cartoons, you come away having sniggered a description of little at the bird in words which vulture who poos on its own feet but also knowing a child can understand but which won't patronise an adult. Then you'll need details lot about different types of where the bird is found, what it eats, where it nestspoo, how many eggs it layswhy poos smell, how the male and female adults differ and their size. Then you need a 'Did you know?' fact and this needs to be something which will interest children, but which adults might not know either. Does it sound simple? Well it isn't, but 'The Little Book of Woodland Bird Songs' does it perfectly. And there's a bonus, but I'll tell you about that in a momentwhy wombats do square poos.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908489286</amazonuk>