Extraordinary Books About Native Wildlife
The Gift of Animals is a beautiful gift book of poems on the animal kingdom, from pets to wildlife and even reptiles.
Animals have long been a source of inspiration and companionship. And poems about them are amongst the oldest traditions in human culture.
This collection of contemporary poems adds to this ancient lineage:
- Celebrating other creatures for their beauty & intelligence
- Empathising over their suffering
- Hoping for their future
The presence of an animal is a gift. The loss of an animal is a grief.
To share such feelings through poetry, is to create a community of caring, for the creatures that accompany us on Earth.
The book includes poems by some of the world’s most beloved poets.
Brilliantly selected and meaningfully arranged, the poems unfold one after another. Kathleen Dean Moore
Alison Hawthorne Deming is a nature writer and former poet-in-residence at Milwaukee Public Library and Museum, and currently is Professor Emerita at University of Arizona, USA.
Extraordinary Encounters with Cornwall’s Wildlife
Wild Treasures is a beautiful and charming introduction to creatures and plants that can be enjoyed for anyone living or visiting Cornwall.
Hannah regularly gets up in the early hours, to catch sight Cornwall’s hidden wildlife. She will spend hours on end, waiting for a creature to appear among a hedgerow, scurrying across Cornwall’s open fields, or taking flight across its towering cliffs and sandy beaches.
In these brief moments, she is able to see and capture animal behaviour, that the general public rarely get to witness. In this book, Hannah shares her incredible stories, beautiful photographs and often funny meetings with Cornwall’s wildlife, through the course of a year.
From brown hare in the spring grass, watching an otter cub hunt in winter wetlands to witnessing the unique bioluminscence of a glow-worm in summer, this is a remarkable diary, informative guide and joyous celebration, or England’s wonderful creatures.
Hannah Stitfall is a TV presenter and wildlife expert, who leads her own seasonal wildlife-watching safaris in Cornwall. She’s a regular digital presenter on BBC Springwatch and Winterwatch.
I love the changing seasons. An old oak sheds its acorns on the forest floor, while wildflowers begin to bloom in early spring. We follow the clock of the natural world. The wildlife know this too.
The chiffchaff and the cuckoo are the first to announce the spring season as they welcome it in with their song. And the grey seal pupping season (coupled with the arrival of redwings) signify the return of the autumn and winter months.
