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The Wonder of Trees

Nicola Davies

Lorna Scobie

Did you know that there are over 60,000 tree species? This stunning book explores the extraordinary diversity of trees and forests - the lungs of our earth.

A glorious celebration of trees by non-fiction specialist Nicola Davies, illustrated by rising star Lorna Scobie, creators of the beautiful The Variety of Life.

There is something to delight on every page with fascinating facts and figures. This exquisite book will encourage children to treasure the world's biodiversity and help to stop it slipping away.

With fascinating facts and figures and sections on:
- Wood, Trunks and Branches
- Leaves
- Roots Bark
- Tree Skin
- Flowers & Cones
- Seeds
- Plants on Trees
- Insects in Trees
- Reptiles & Amphibians in Trees
- Birds and Trees Mammals in Trees
- Communities of Trees
- Taiga
- Temperate Woodlands
- Dry Gum Forest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Rainforests
- Forest Relationships
- Gifts from Trees
- People of the Forest
- Forest Destruction
- How to Plant a Tree

  • Classification : OLDER READERS (8-12)
  • Pub Date : MAR 27, 2019
  • Imprint : Hodder Children's Books
  • Page Extent : 64
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9781444938197
  • Price : INR 999
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Nicola Davies

Nicola Davies (Author)
Nicola Davies is an award-winning author whose books for children include Big Blue Whale Just Ducks! One Tiny Turtle and The Promise which was declared one of the best picture books of the year by the New York Times. She graduated in zoology studied whales and bats then worked in the BBC Nature History Unit. She was one of the original presenters of The Really Wild Show. Nicola lives in Abergavenny Monmouthshire Wales. Visit her website at www.nicola-davies.com

Marc Martin (Illustrator)
Marc Martin is an award-winning illustrator artist and book maker based in Melbourne Australia. Working with watercolour gouache and pencil his work is a world of vivid colour rich textures and the occasional scribble. He is the author/illustrator of A Forest LOTS and A River shortlisted for The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award 2017.

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Lorna Scobie

Nicola Davies (Author)
Nicola Davies is an award-winning author whose books for children include Big Blue Whale, Just Ducks!, One Tiny Turtle and The Promise, which was declared one of the best picture books of the year by the New York Times. She graduated in zoology, studied whales and bats, then worked in the BBC Nature History Unit. She was one of the original presenters of The Really Wild Show. Nicola lives in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. Visit her website at www.nicola-davies.com

Lorna Scobie (Illustrator)
Lorna Scobie is a London-based illustrator and book designer. Growing up surrounded by nature in the English countryside has heavily influenced her illustrations - her work almost always revolves around the natural world and Animal Kingdom. Lorna illustrates her work by hand, primarily using ink pens, water colour and coloured pens.

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