A World Full of Wildlife (and how you can protect it) written and illustrated by Neal Layton Wren and Rook ISBN 9781526363237 £12.99
This discovery book looks at the amazing, interconnected web of life on the earth. Written for children aged 5-7 this brilliant nonfiction picture book is for children who love nature, want to know more about nature and how to protect wildlife. Neal Layton, an award winning author, introduces biodiversity to the readers, explaining what it is, why it is important and how we as humans are hurting it. The double page spreads introduce the reader to wildlife and their different habitats. Spreads explaining biodiversity, the web of life and how humans are woven into this web. The book is beautifully illustrated and the young readers will be excited about how they can make a difference to protect the webs of life and keep it bursting with energy. How humans shaping their habitat does not help creatures is covered in three double page spreads and Neal explains in another spread how plants and animals are disappearing. The next five spreads explain what the human population can and are doing to protect habitats, stop pollution and allow the natural world to recover. Finally there is a double page spread on how the reader can support the web of life. As the top of the last page says ‘It’s not just grown-ups who have BIG ideas. Having read this book the reader will be ready to roll up their sleeves and find out how they can help and make a difference. I highly recommend this to families and primary schools.
Paul Baker
