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Ispirate dalle magnifiche illustrazioni di Petr Horácek, le quaranta poesie composte da Nicola Davies sono piccoli capolavori che celebrano le creature del nostro pianeta. Con una grande varietà di forme e stili, raccontano storie, danno vita a immagini o a conversazioni immaginarie, comunicano contenuti scientifici o semplicemente emozioni. Un libro prezioso, da leggere soffermandosi su ogni singola parola, oppure semplicemen...

Como os animais fazem as coisas que fazem e porquê? Nós, seres humanos, somos mesmo choninhas! Não aguentamos o calor, nem o frio. Não conseguimos passar sem comida nem sem água. Mas alguns animais adaptaram-se às condições mais agrestes do planeta. Neste livro, vais descobrir como!

This lyrical and informative look at the elusive and endangered loggerhead turtle is sure to delight young nature lovers. Far, far out at sea lives one of the world's most mysterious creatures, the loggerhead turtle. For thirty years she swims the oceans, wandering thousands of miles as she searches for food. Until, one summer night, she lands on a beach to lay her eggs--the very same beach where she herself was born. Nicola Davies's lyrical t...

Un lírico e informativo retrato de la escurridiza y amenazada tortuga marina cabezona que deleitará a los jóvenes amantes de la naturaleza. Lejos, lejos, mar afuera, vive una de las criaturas más misteriosas del planeta: la tortuga marina cabezona. Por treinta años nada en los océanos, recorriendo miles de millas en busca de alimento. Hasta que una noche de verano llega a una playa a poner sus huevos, la misma playa donde nació. El lírico text...

The secrets of DNA, unpacked engagingly and accessibly." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Earth is full of life! All living things grow--plants, animals, and human beings. The way they grow, whether it be fast or slow, enormous or not so big, helps them survive. But growing is also about change: when people grow, they become more complicated and able to do more things, and they don't have to think about it, because bodies come with instructio...

Take a lively look at the biology of plants on Earth--and their vast importance to our planet--with this wide-ranging exploration from an award-winning team. This tree doesn't look like it's doing very much.It just stands there in the sunlight, big and GREEN. But in fact, this tree is busy . . . On land and in the seas, green plants make the oxygen and food that many living things--including us--need to survive. Covering the evolution of the f...

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A magnificent look at the science of plants from the internationally bestselling and multi award-winning team behind Tiny, Lots and Grow.This tree doesn't look like it's doing very much: it just stands there in the sunlight, big and GREEN. But this tree is busy... Starting with the secret workings of a tree, this book transports readers billions of years into the past, back to the moment when plant life first appeared on our planet. Covering i...

It's April in Antarctica and, in places so remote that they can only be seen by satellites, lines of Emperor Penguins appear in search of the perfect ice for raising their chicks. A wise old Empress has returned to the ice at Halley Bay year after year, with the help of her mate, she works to protect her newly-laid egg against the bitter winter. But a changing climate is making the Antarctic Ocean warmer - winds are stronger and storms are fie...

An ultimately inspiring story of how giraffes have dealt with modern climate change, beautifully told and illustrated ¿ and marking the launch of an exciting new series.Once, this season of rains was the season of giraffes... In this powerful picture-book, bestselling children's author Nicola Davies writes in collaboration with conservationist Kisilu Musya to explain how one of the world's best-loved animals has dealt with the challenges of cl...

Skrimsli is the second fantasy adventure set in the world of The Song That Sings Us, where animals and humans can sometimes share their thoughts. It traces the early life of Skrimsli, the tiger sea captain who, along with his friends, Owl and Kal, must escape the clutches of a tyrannical circus owner, then stop a war and save an ancient forest!

Forty fantastic poems and paintings from an internationally acclaimed duo, celebrating our beautiful planet

When animals talk, it's time humans listened: Harlon has been raised to protect her younger siblings, twins Ash and Xeno, and their outlawed power of communicating with animals. But when the sinister Automators attack their mountain home they must flee for their lives. Xeno is kidnapped and Harlon and Ash are separated.

Colin lives with his mother and brother and is eager to grow up. After receiving a rifle as a birthday present from his brother, he shoots a falcon, and quickly learns that shooting animals and birds is completely different to shooting cans off a wall. A powerful story about growing up and responsibility.

In this moving sequence of poems Nicola Davies''s text combines with the superbly evocative illustrations of Petr Horácek to provide insight into the real-life experiences of refugees forced to leave their homes and previous lives behind to face an unknown future.

Discover the delights of nature with zoologist, poet and top children''s book author Nicola Davies. Follow the young adventurer as she explores eggs of all shapes and sizes, where they may be hiding and what secrets could be held within. One in the series of rhyming Animal Surprises books to encourage a close engagement with and enjoyment...