Children’s Books:
Life Cycles: Egg to Bee by Camilla de la Bedoyere. Packed with fascinating facts about life cycles. Amazing photographs of every stage. Labelled diagrams to explain growth and development.
Butterfly Kiss by Vicki Churchill Newly hatched, butterfly can’t find the right food – and his friends aren’t any help at all!
A Seed in Need by Sam Good win and Simone Abel A first look at the plant life cycle Earthways,
Earthwise – poems on conservation; Judith Nicholls
I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast” by Michael Holland A celebration of plants around the World.
Grow – A Family Guide to growing fruits and vegetables Ben Raskin
Books for grown Up’s:
The Lost Words a Spell Book by Robert McFarlane The Lost Words is a ‘book of spells’ that seeks to conjure back the near-lost magic and strangeness of the nature that surrounds us.
Slow Down by Rachel Williams Bring Calm to a Busy World with 50 Nature Stories
The Oak Papers by James Canton The Oak Papers is a stunning, meditative and healing book about the lessons we can learn from the natural world, if only we slow down enough to listen.
Shinrin Yoku – the Art and Science of Forest Bathing by Dr Qing Li Dr Li is the absolute expert on forest bathing and forest-related therapy. He has spent the past 13 years researching the emerging science of Shinrin-Yoku alongside his work as a Physician and Immunologist at Tokyo Medical School.
Nature Cure by Richard Maybe Nature Cure describes well-known naturalist and author Richard Mabey’s recovery from a severe depression.
Waterlog by Roger Deakin Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim in, through, around and across the British Isles – in any body of water he came across – from coastlines to canals and rivers, lochs, ponds and natural spas.
A chronicle of a man reconnecting with nature. The Last Wilderness by Neil Ansell A mesmerising memoir of one man’s year of solitude and exploration of the remote Scottish Highlands.
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