|summary=Peter Marren is a wildlife writer based in Wiltshire. His fascination with butterflies began when he was a child: he still remembers catching a Painted Lady in his hands at the age of five and it transferring some of its colours onto his palm. Rainbow dust, he dubbed it. 'It was a Nabokov moment because only he could put into words what most of us can only feel: the frankly sensual moment in a child's life when the full force of nature is felt for the first time.'
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784703184</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Steve Parker
|title=100 Facts Butterflies & Moths
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Damn those bees. They're not the only flying creatures vanishing from our world at alarming rates, and the others, like butterflies and moths, are actually runners-up to Mr Bumble and his mysteriously dying ilk in pollinating plants. Plus they're more visually attractive. But even though this book has two nudges and a thanks given to the Butterfly Conservation body, that's certainly not the more notable feature of these pages. What stands out is the superlative content.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786170116</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lisa Woollett
|title=Sea Journal
|rating=5
|genre=Popular Science
|summary=Over the course of a year Lisa Woollett invites us to go with her on her visits to various beaches in the British Isles, although 'visits' might make what happens sound a little too formal. Woollett knows her local beaches, and some further afield, in much the same way that a gardener knows their own plot. She's aware of minute changes, how the phase of the moon will affect the tide, what she can expect to find in the strandline and where it's come from. She delights in every variation of the weather and she's a mine of wonderful information from ancient myths to up-to-the-minute science.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0957490216</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Kay Maguire and Danielle Kroll
|title=Nature's Day: Out and About
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=I love books which encourage children to interact with nature - as opposed to a computer screen. I like to see them getting outdoors, preferably getting a bit dirty, being independent and getting excited about nature. A good teacher will inspire children, but ''Nature's Day: Out and About'' provides support and encouragement in equal measures and might just be what a child needs.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184780800X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Danielle Kroll and Nghiem Ta
|title=Pattern Play: Cut, Fold and Make Your Own 3D Animal Models
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Here's a neat idea for you. Provide pages with animal prints on one side - only by animal prints, I mean the sort of colours and pattern which you see on animals, not paw prints! Some are subtle and others are rather more in-your-face. On the reverse of these printed pages provide a cutting line so that you can cut and fold the paper and it becomes a 3D model of an animal. Provide some stickers which replicate faces, tails or beaks - or whatever else you feel needs highlighting - and number these so that they get into the right place. All you need to add to the mix is a pair of scissors, parental supervision if necessary for the cutting, a little imagination and you have hours of fun.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807321</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Matt Sewell
|title=Penguins and Other Sea Birds
|rating=4.5
|genre=Animals and Wildlife
|summary=I've always been fascinated by Penguins: I think it's because they look so ''smart'' and striking, yet survive in extreme conditions, so the opportunity to review a book which contains fifty penguins and other seabirds was too good to miss. Just the pictures would have been enough - the minimalist watercolours of street artist and ornithologist Matt Sewell - but Sewell's whimsical wit and ability to teach without being preachy makes this a book to treasure.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785032224</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Chris Townsend
|title= Out There
|rating= 4
|genre= Animals and Wildlife
|summary= Chris Townsend has been ''Out There'' as a long distance walker for almost four decades. For most of that time he has been equally ''out there'' as a champion of the outdoors. He is the author of many books, many accounts of his treks, and his web site and blogs receive many thousands of visits. Here, for the first time, he gathers his thoughts and experience into a single volume, singing a hymn of praise for the Wild, and stirring defence against human predation.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910124729</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Maria Ana Peixe Dias, Ines Teixeira do Rosario, Bernardo P Carvalho and Lucy Greaves (translator)
|title=Outside: A Guide to Discovering Nature
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=I'm on a mission: I want children - adults too - to spend a lot more time outside. I want them to have the benefits of fresh air, increasing their levels of vitamin D and the knowledge of what nature can offer them. I'd like the television, computers, mobile phones, video games and even books to be laid aside and attention given to what is available for free, but which - if we don't care for it - might not always be there. Fortunately the authors of ''Outside: A Guide to discovering Nature'' have the same ideas.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807690</amazonuk>
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