'The expressive writing and the colourful, original artwork depict the lives of whales perfectly. Perceptively illustrating their strong social nature and intelligence, this beautiful book also explores the dangers faced by these incredible creatures and the need for us to work together to protect them.' - Whale & Dolphin Conservation

A fantastic blend of beauty and information about these incredibly majestic creatures and their place in our ecosystem.

Author : Smriti Prasadam-Halls, Illustrated by Jonathan Woodward

Edition : Hardback, 48 pages

ISBN : 9781526360649

Longlisted for The BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2016

Charles Foster wanted to know what it was like to be a beast: a badger, an otter, a deer, a fox, a swift. What it was really like. And through knowing what it was like he wanted to get down and grapple with the beast in us all. So he tried it out; he lived life as a badger for six weeks, sleeping in a dirt hole and eating earthworms, he came face to face with shrimps as he lived like an otter and he spent hours curled up in a back garden in East London and rooting in bins like an urban fox. A passionate naturalist, Foster realises that every creature creates a different world in its brain and lives in that world. As humans, we share sensory outputs, lights, smells and sound, but trying to explore what it is actually like to live in another of these worlds, belonging to another species, is a fascinating and unique neuro-scientific challenge. For Foster it is also a literary challenge. Looking at what science can tell us about what happens in a fox's or badger's brain when it picks up a scent, he then uses this to imagine their world for us, to write it through their eyes or rather through the eyes of Charles the beast. An intimate look at the life of animals, neuroscience, psychology, nature writing, memoir and more, it is a journey of extraordinary thrills and surprises, containing wonderful moments of humour and joy, but also providing important lessons for all of us who share life on this precious planet.

Author : Charles Foster

Edition : Profile Books, Paperback, 256 pages

ISBN : 9781781255353

'There is no mystery in this association of woods and otherworlds, for as anyone who has walked the woods knows, they are places of correspondence, of call and answer... Different aspects of the forest link unexpectedly with each other, and so it is that within the stories, different times and worlds can be joined.' - Robert Macfarlane 

An ode to the world around us, the small pockets of wilderness that we sometimes forget to look out for.  A beautifully written invitation to explore and be amazed.  An exploration of connecting layers.

Author : Robert Macfarlane

Edition : Granta, Paperback, 352 pages

ISBN : 9781847080189

Tilly Smith looks after a herd of majestic reindeer in the Cairngorms. In this enchanting and beautifully bound book she writes of reindeers’ natural history and shares anecdotes from her own experiences and years of tending these wonderful animals.

Author : Tilly Smith

Edition : The History Press, Hardback, 192 pages

ISBN : 9780750987974