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The perfect introduction to minibeasts for children! Ideal for any budding wildlife explorers, this pocket-sized guide is full of useful tips to help children spot and identify minibeasts in the wild. Key Highlights: Encouraging Exploration: Designed to inspire children to venture outside and explore nature, this book ignites the spirit of adventure and discovery. Getting Started: Packed with valuable information, it provides the essential knowledge needed to spot and identify minibeasts, making it accessible and enjoyable for kids. Field Guide Expertise: Inside, you'll discover a comprehensive field guide section, brimming with expert insights on species identification, such as where to find millipedes and centipedes, how to tell butterflies and moths apart and when earthworms come to the surface. Fun Activities: Discover how to bring minibeasts into the open, how to catch and release them and other fun activities. For more adventures, don't miss other titles in the series: National Trust: Out and About Tree Explorer, National Trust: Out and About Bird Spotter and National Trust: Out and About Sky Explorer.
About the author
Hannah Alice is an illustrator from the UK, based in England. Her days are spent drawing with her lurcher Eli by her side. Hannah is continually inspired and influenced by the natural world, toys, documentaries and photography as well as everyday objects and spaces and the actions and needs of her local community. She likes to explore how we can communicate information and ideas especially through the process of learning through play, making working on books and toys especially important to her.
Hannah graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in 2006 with a BA (Hons) degree in Illustration and works as a freelance illustrator.
Summary
The perfect introduction to minibeasts for children aged 8-12!
Ideal for any budding wildlife explorers, this book encourages children to get outside and spot minibeasts in the wild! It is packed with fun activities and useful information about how to identify minibeasts whilst out and about, whether in a garden or adventuring further afield.
Written by Robyn Swift in consultation with experts from the National Trust and featuring gorgeous illustrations by Hannah Alice.
Other titles in the series include: Out and About Bird Spotter and Out and About Night Explorer.
