Book category: Children and YA
Feathers and Eggshells – The Bird Journal of a young London Girl
The author, Natalie Lawrence, already had a passion for wild birds as a teenager. Here she takes us on an extended tour of her favourite bird watching area – Hampstead …
What’s in your Garden? For the Young Garden Explorer
This book is all about exploring and discovery. It encourages children, age 7-11 years, to take an active interest in the natural world around them and to explore it, starting …
SWAT! – A Fly’s Guide to Staying Alive
With a colourful comic-strip style, SWAT! might look like pure entertainment, but it’s secretly packed with real scientific facts about flying insects. This clever mix of humour and education makes …
Zoooo – Living poetry for children
The Happy Hippo and the Selfish Shellfish, Lazy Daisy and the Freckled Girl are just some of the characters playing their part in this engaging collection of brand new poems …
Buzzing! – Discover the poetry in garden minibeasts
‘Buzzing!’ is a cocktail of brilliant close-up colour photos, fascinating facts and ‘edu-taining’ poems about the amazing minibeasts in our gardens. Children from 5 to 12 (and young-at-heart grown-ups) will …
Flying High! – Discover the poetry in British birds
This unique guide to British birds is a colourful cocktail of entertaining poems, solid science and fabulous photos. A richly illustrated laughter-and-learning experience for children (and a rib-tickling read for …
Those with Webbed Feet
All about the British Ducks, Geese and Swans A captivating and insightful illustrated guide to British ducks, geese, and swans, featuring 34 species of wildfowl. Designed to inspire and engage …
The Elephant and the Mountain
This colour-illustrated story book is recounting the life of elephants in East Africa and how they are affected by climate change. The illustrator Emma Wood has created a beautiful colourful world of …
The Boy and the Trout
This delightful fishing book for kids illustrates the story with delicate water colours. It aims to encourage early primary school kids to follow Harry’s lead and go fishing whilst meanwhile …
Discovering British Wild Flowers
Out and About (wildflowers UK ID) This is a bright and cheerful photographic identification guide aimed at youngsters to help them discover wild flowers when out and about. It has …