Children’s books mainly by British authors and illustrators. Many include themes focusing on nature.
I bought this book to give as a gift but had to keep it. There are 50 illustrations by the painter Hannah Dale of baby birds and animals in Flying the Nest: The early days of Britain’s best-loved animals. Each entry also includes some fascinating summaries of the animal’s breeding habits, offspring, and even insights […]
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Like my daughter, I was mesmerized by the paintings and retelling of the classic love story Beauty and the Beast by Max Eilenberg and illustrated by Angela Barrett. This version of the fairy tale enthralled my daughter. The story is closer to the original – La Belle et la Bete – written by the French author Jeanne-Marie
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My daughter discovered a very special book on nature for children. She was drawn to the cover and then slowly looked through the pages before telling me she really wanted A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies. I had just told her to pick any book when we visited Wakehurst Place managed by Kew
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I smiled as I pulled out a large book from a box filled with children’s books once owned by my nephew and nieces. When I looked through the pages memories came streaming back of reading the books by this author when I was younger – All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise
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I was reading outside when I suddenly heard a buzzing noise near me. I looked up and there was a hummingbird studying me. It hovered at my eye-level and then zoomed away like an avian superhero. During June in the Hamptons in New York State we spied this incredible tiny bird – whose wings beat
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The tale of one little dandelion seed begins in autumn and then continues through the seasons as we follow its life journey. At first, this lone seed in The Dandelion Seed by Joseph Anthony is afraid to let go. But the winter wind blows it away from the security of a garden. Alone it drifts
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