Books to Teach You ‘how nature works!’
The Hidden Seasons shows how to read the clues that the sun, moon, stars, plants, fungi, weather, animals and water give us.
- Spring is the time of wildflower signs, unique cloud shapes and curious animal behaviour.
- Summer is the time of coastal clues, astronomical extremes and secret grass patterns.
- Autumn is a time for reading leaves, deciphering scents and investigating fungi (only if safe, keep pets away).
- Winter is the time to read snow, deepen our star knowledge and use rare methods to find clues in overlooked places, including indoors.
Tristan Gooley is also known as The Natural Navigator or ‘the Sherlock Holmes of Nature’. He has spent decades look for clues and signs in nature across the world, and can tell you everything about nature, just by the way a tree faces, or looking at a puddle!
He has walked and studied with some of the most remote people on earth, and even tested Viking navigation methods in a small boat in the north Atlantic.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
An Illustrated Guide to 20 Nature Cycles
Nature Explained is a beautiful children’s book, illustrating 20 cycles of nature, to blend art and science in a fascinating visual tour.
Discover:
- How trees lose their leaves
- What makes flowers bloom
- Why seeds travel
The book is split into six sections:
- Trees
- Leaves
- Flowers
- Seeds
- Mushrooms
- Seasons
The spreads present different scenes and explain the stories of nature, including:
- Pollination
- Photosynthesis
- Germination
- Decomposition
Anatomical profiles feature at the start of each section, so children will learn as they go, with detailed diagrams to pour over. Learning about how nature works has never been so much fun!
Helen Brown is a writer/editor based in London. She studied English Literature at University of Sussex, before deciding to write children’s books, which have been translated into over 15 languages.
Illustrator Claire Scully works in pen, ink and digital. She loves to explore themes of nature and environment, from her London studio.
