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Kaleidoscope Of Creatures – The colours of nature explained by Cath Are ill. Greer Stothers

February 9, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

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Why are animals so amazingly colourful? Find out in this kaleidoscopic look at the technicolour world of animals. Meet animals of every colour of the rainbow and find out why they are the colours and patterns they are. Discover the reason why some animals are stripy and others are spotty.

Why do some creatures deliberately pop out while others strive to blend in?
Why are some bright to warn off others while others only pretend to look toxic?
Why are some male animals so much more flamboyant than their female counterparts?Why do some babies look so different from the grown-ups in their families?

A beautifully illustrated first look at the colourful and kaleidoscopic world of animals for young children.

Greer Stothers is an award-winning Canadian illustrator with a background in evolutionary biology.

Filed Under: Gift, Illustrated, NonFiction Tagged With: animals, camouflage, nature, zoology

10 Reasons To Love A Bear by Catherine Barr ill. Hanako Clulow

September 19, 2018 By achuka Leave a Comment

Published in association with the Natural History Museum.

Beautifully illustrated, accessible non-fiction for 5 – 9s.

Waterstones

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: animals, nature

10 Reasons To Love A Whale by Catherine Barr ill. Hanako Clulow

September 19, 2018 By achuka Leave a Comment

Published in association with the Natural History Museum. 
Beautifully-liilustrated, accessible non-fiction for 5 – 9’s.

Waterstones

Filed Under: NonFiction Tagged With: animals, Natures

The Riverbank Otter by Sarah Lean

February 16, 2018 By achuka Leave a Comment

A brand-new young fiction series about animals, friendship and adventure by bestselling author Sarah Lean.

Waterstones

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: animals, series

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

May 4, 2016 By achuka Leave a Comment

9780008124090

A moving story of the extraordinary friendship between a boy and his fox, and their epic journey to be reunited. Beautifully illustrated by multi-award winner, Jon Klassen.

The author has said, “With Pax I wanted to say something about the unfairness of the damages done to kids when adults wage war, but also something about the amazing and redemptive connections that are possible between young humans and animals.”

Waterstones

Filed Under: Fiction, YA Tagged With: animals, war

Tiger Days And The Secret Cat by Sarah Lean

May 4, 2016 By achuka Leave a Comment

TigerDays

A brand-new young fiction series about animals, friendship and adventure by bestselling author Sarah Lean. Beautiful black-and-white illustrations (by Anna Currey) throughout.

Waterstones

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: animals, cats

What’s it like to grow up on a farm? – in pictures

January 29, 2015 By achuka Leave a Comment

helenpeters

Recommended Guardian picture gallery:

Helen Peters’ books are based on her own magical childhood growing up on an old farm with piglets and sheep instead of TV and computers. This gallery tells her story – and what happened when the farm was threatened with being turned into a reservoir, the inspiration behind her latest book The Farm Beneath the Water

via What’s it like to grow up on a farm? – in pictures | Children’s books | The Guardian.

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: animals, childhood, farming, farms, gallery, photos

Worth A Look: Seal Island by Julia Green

December 16, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

sealisland

I love Paul Howard’s sketched illustrations in this island-set summer adventure – perfect for any 7+ animal and nature lover, into beach-combing.

This is the kind of title that can easily slip by un-noticed and not find the readers it deserves.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Worth A Look Tagged With: adventure, animals, beach combing, grandmother, granny, island, nature

How About: Something About A Bear by Jackie Morris

December 6, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

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Jackie Morris’s gorgeous, double-page-spread artwork is accompanied by suitably grand, noble and lyrical prose about each kind of bear featured. And at the back, for the information hungry, there is a more prosaic paragraph of description.
Another lovely book from this picture book artist.

The review link includes a video of the book being read aloud…

http://www.achuka.co.uk/reviews/?p=496

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Illustrated Tagged With: animals, bears

How About: The Power Of Sloth by Lucy Cooke

December 5, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

powerofsloth

http://www.achuka.co.uk/reviews/?p=484

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: animals, photos, sloths

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