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Last updated: May 21, 2025

    The best books on Tides and Shorelines, recommended by Adam Nicolson

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    The best books on Tides and Shorelines - The Tempest by William Shakespeare

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    The Tempest
    by William Shakespeare

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    The best books on Tides and Shorelines - Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe by Alex Rogers, Benedict Hextall & Ray Gibson

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    Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe
    by Alex Rogers, Benedict Hextall & Ray Gibson

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    The best books on Tides and Shorelines - The Presocratic Philosophers by G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven & M. Schofield

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    The Presocratic Philosophers
    by G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven & M. Schofield

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    The best books on Tides and Shorelines - Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot by P. H. Gosse

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    Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot
    by P. H. Gosse

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    The best books on Tides and Shorelines - Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara and other writings by Tim Robinson

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    Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara and other writings
    by Tim Robinson

  • The tidal zone is among the most vital and dynamic environments on Earth, but also one of the least well known. Here, the author Adam Nicolson explores formative works on the subject that have informed his book, The Sea Is Not Made of Water.

  • The best books on Tides and Shorelines - The Tempest by William Shakespeare
  • The best books on Tides and Shorelines - Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe by Alex Rogers, Benedict Hextall & Ray Gibson
  • The best books on Tides and Shorelines - The Presocratic Philosophers by G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven & M. Schofield
  • The best books on Tides and Shorelines - Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot by P. H. Gosse
  • The best books on Tides and Shorelines - Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara and other writings by Tim Robinson

The best books on Tides and Shorelines, recommended by Adam Nicolson

The tidal zone is among the most vital and dynamic environments on Earth, but also one of the least well known. Here, the author Adam Nicolson explores formative works on the subject that have informed his book, The Sea Is Not Made of Water.

The best books on Tides and Shorelines, recommended by Adam Nicolson

    Fresh Voices in Nature Writing, recommended by Jessica J. Lee

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    Fresh Voices in Nature Writing - The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning by Long Litt Woon, translated by Barbara J. Haveland

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    The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning
    by Long Litt Woon, translated by Barbara J. Haveland

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    Fresh Voices in Nature Writing - Significant Other by Isabel Galleymore

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    Significant Other
    by Isabel Galleymore

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    Fresh Voices in Nature Writing - Out of the Woods by Luke Turner

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    Out of the Woods
    by Luke Turner

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    Fresh Voices in Nature Writing - Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation by Kyo Maclear

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    Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation
    by Kyo Maclear

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    Fresh Voices in Nature Writing - The Grassling by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett

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    The Grassling
    by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett

  • Writing about nature and landscape need not be stuffy or traditionalist. Jessica J Lee, editor of The Willowherb Review—a literary journal dedicated to diversity in nature writing—recommends five books that offer a breath of fresh air: encompassing the whole of life, from sex in the woods to birding in the city.

  • Fresh Voices in Nature Writing - The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning by Long Litt Woon, translated by Barbara J. Haveland
  • Fresh Voices in Nature Writing - Significant Other by Isabel Galleymore
  • Fresh Voices in Nature Writing - Out of the Woods by Luke Turner
  • Fresh Voices in Nature Writing - Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation by Kyo Maclear
  • Fresh Voices in Nature Writing - The Grassling by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett

Fresh Voices in Nature Writing, recommended by Jessica J. Lee

Writing about nature and landscape need not be stuffy or traditionalist. Jessica J Lee, editor of The Willowherb Review—a literary journal dedicated to diversity in nature writing—recommends five books that offer a breath of fresh air: encompassing the whole of life, from sex in the woods to birding in the city.

Fresh Voices in Nature Writing, recommended by Jessica J. Lee

    The Best of Nature Writing 2019, recommended by Charles Foster

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    The Best of Nature Writing 2019 - Savage Gods by Paul Kingsnorth

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    Savage Gods
    by Paul Kingsnorth

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    The Best of Nature Writing 2019 - Ways to Go Beyond and Why They Work: Seven Spiritual Practices in a Scientific Age by Rupert Sheldrake

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    Ways to Go Beyond and Why They Work: Seven Spiritual Practices in a Scientific Age
    by Rupert Sheldrake

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    The Best of Nature Writing 2019 - Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie

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    Surfacing
    by Kathleen Jamie

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    The Best of Nature Writing 2019 - The Way Home: Tales From a Life Without Technology by Mark Boyle

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    The Way Home: Tales From a Life Without Technology
    by Mark Boyle

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    The Best of Nature Writing 2019 - Time Song: Searching for Doggerland by Julia Blackburn

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    Time Song: Searching for Doggerland
    by Julia Blackburn

  • What do we talk about when we talk about nature? Almost everything, says the academic and bestselling author of Being a Beast, Charles Foster. Here he selects five of the best works of nature writing in 2019; books that seek to connect us more deeply with the non-human world.

  • The Best of Nature Writing 2019 - Savage Gods by Paul Kingsnorth
  • The Best of Nature Writing 2019 - Ways to Go Beyond and Why They Work: Seven Spiritual Practices in a Scientific Age by Rupert Sheldrake
  • The Best of Nature Writing 2019 - Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie
  • The Best of Nature Writing 2019 - The Way Home: Tales From a Life Without Technology by Mark Boyle
  • The Best of Nature Writing 2019 - Time Song: Searching for Doggerland by Julia Blackburn

The Best of Nature Writing 2019, recommended by Charles Foster

What do we talk about when we talk about nature? Almost everything, says the academic and bestselling author of Being a Beast, Charles Foster. Here he selects five of the best works of nature writing in 2019; books that seek to connect us more deeply with the non-human world.

The Best of Nature Writing 2019, recommended by Charles Foster

    The Best Nature Books of 2018, recommended by Charles Foster

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    The Best Nature Books of 2018 - Our Place by Mark Cocker

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    Our Place
    by Mark Cocker

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    The Best Nature Books of 2018 - A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes

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    A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings
    by Helen Jukes

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    The Best Nature Books of 2018 - A Light in the Dark: A Winter Memoir by Horatio Clare

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    A Light in the Dark: A Winter Memoir
    by Horatio Clare

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    The Best Nature Books of 2018 - Swifts in a Tower by David Lack

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    Swifts in a Tower
    by David Lack

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    The Best Nature Books of 2018 - The Last Wilderness: A Journey into Silence by Neil Ansell

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    The Last Wilderness: A Journey into Silence
    by Neil Ansell

  • There has been a rash of books about epiphanic incursions into wilderness—but the best nature writing digs too into the complexities of our relationship with the natural world, says Charles Foster, the bestselling author of Being A Beast. Here, he discusses the best nature books of 2018.

  • The Best Nature Books of 2018 - Our Place by Mark Cocker
  • The Best Nature Books of 2018 - A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes
  • The Best Nature Books of 2018 - A Light in the Dark: A Winter Memoir by Horatio Clare
  • The Best Nature Books of 2018 - Swifts in a Tower by David Lack
  • The Best Nature Books of 2018 - The Last Wilderness: A Journey into Silence by Neil Ansell

The Best Nature Books of 2018, recommended by Charles Foster

There has been a rash of books about epiphanic incursions into wilderness—but the best nature writing digs too into the complexities of our relationship with the natural world, says Charles Foster, the bestselling author of Being A Beast. Here, he discusses the best nature books of 2018.

The Best Nature Books of 2018, recommended by Charles Foster

    The best books on Predators, recommended by Nick Pyenson

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    The best books on Predators - The Year of the Whale by Victor B. Scheffer

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    The Year of the Whale
    by Victor B. Scheffer

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    The best books on Predators - The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen

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    The Snow Leopard
    by Peter Matthiessen

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    The best books on Predators - A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky

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    A Primate's Memoir
    by Robert M. Sapolsky

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    The best books on Predators - Eye of the Albatross: Views of the Endangered Sea by Carl Safina

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    Eye of the Albatross: Views of the Endangered Sea
    by Carl Safina

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    The best books on Predators - H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

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    H is for Hawk
    by Helen Macdonald

  • The predators that stalked our ancestors have been marginalised to the brink of extinction, but these animals still fill us with awe, says Nick Pyenson. They play a vital role in life on Earth, and we need to understand them if we are to survive.

  • The best books on Predators - The Year of the Whale by Victor B. Scheffer
  • The best books on Predators - The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
  • The best books on Predators - A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky
  • The best books on Predators - Eye of the Albatross: Views of the Endangered Sea by Carl Safina
  • The best books on Predators - H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

The best books on Predators, recommended by Nick Pyenson

The predators that stalked our ancestors have been marginalised to the brink of extinction, but these animals still fill us with awe, says Nick Pyenson. They play a vital role in life on Earth, and we need to understand them if we are to survive.

The best books on Predators, recommended by Nick Pyenson

    The Best Henry David Thoreau Books, recommended by Laura Dassow Walls

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    The Best Henry David Thoreau Books - Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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    Walden
    by Henry David Thoreau

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    The Best Henry David Thoreau Books - The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau

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    The Maine Woods
    by Henry David Thoreau

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    The Best Henry David Thoreau Books - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

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    Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
    by Annie Dillard

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    The Best Henry David Thoreau Books - Stress and Freedom by Peter Sloterdijk

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    Stress and Freedom
    by Peter Sloterdijk

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    The Best Henry David Thoreau Books - Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

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    Annihilation
    by Jeff Vandermeer

  • Again and again we return to the question: how should we live? To Henry David Thoreau, the 19th-century author, philosopher and naturalist, the answer was simplicity itself. Here his biographer Laura Dassow Walls selects five key texts that explore the Thoreauvian way of thinking.

  • The Best Henry David Thoreau Books - Walden by Henry David Thoreau
  • The Best Henry David Thoreau Books - The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau
  • The Best Henry David Thoreau Books - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
  • The Best Henry David Thoreau Books - Stress and Freedom by Peter Sloterdijk
  • The Best Henry David Thoreau Books - Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

The Best Henry David Thoreau Books, recommended by Laura Dassow Walls

Again and again we return to the question: how should we live? To Henry David Thoreau, the 19th-century author, philosopher and naturalist, the answer was simplicity itself. Here his biographer Laura Dassow Walls selects five key texts that explore the Thoreauvian way of thinking.

The Best Henry David Thoreau Books, recommended by Laura Dassow Walls

    The Best Nature Writing of 2017, recommended by Charles Foster

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    The Best Nature Writing of 2017 - Swimming With Seals by Victoria Whitworth

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    Swimming With Seals
    by Victoria Whitworth

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    The Best Nature Writing of 2017 - Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello

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    Animals Strike Curious Poses
    by Elena Passarello

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    The Best Nature Writing of 2017 - Science and Spiritual Practices: Transformative Experiences and their Effects on our Bodies, Brains and Health by Rupert Sheldrake

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    Science and Spiritual Practices: Transformative Experiences and their Effects on our Bodies, Brains and Health
    by Rupert Sheldrake

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    The Best Nature Writing of 2017 - Islander: A Journey Around Our Archipelago by Patrick Barkham

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    Islander: A Journey Around Our Archipelago
    by Patrick Barkham

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    The Best Nature Writing of 2017 - The Seabirds Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers by Adam Nicolson

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    The Seabirds Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers
    by Adam Nicolson

  • Sales of nature books have been booming, but only the most exacting of authors get right to the heart of our own interconnectedness with the natural world, says Charles Foster, bestselling author of Being A Beast. Here, he chooses five of the best books of nature writing published in 2017.

  • The Best Nature Writing of 2017 - Swimming With Seals by Victoria Whitworth
  • The Best Nature Writing of 2017 - Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello
  • The Best Nature Writing of 2017 - Science and Spiritual Practices: Transformative Experiences and their Effects on our Bodies, Brains and Health by Rupert Sheldrake
  • The Best Nature Writing of 2017 - Islander: A Journey Around Our Archipelago by Patrick Barkham
  • The Best Nature Writing of 2017 - The Seabirds Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers by Adam Nicolson

The Best Nature Writing of 2017, recommended by Charles Foster

Sales of nature books have been booming, but only the most exacting of authors get right to the heart of our own interconnectedness with the natural world, says Charles Foster, bestselling author of Being A Beast. Here, he chooses five of the best books of nature writing published in 2017.

The Best Nature Writing of 2017, recommended by Charles Foster

    The best books on Trees, recommended by David George Haskell

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    The best books on Trees - Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray

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    Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
    by Janisse Ray

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    The best books on Trees - Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock

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    Handbook of Nature Study
    by Anna Botsford Comstock

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    The best books on Trees - The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century by Gabriel Hemery & Sarah Simblet

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    The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century
    by Gabriel Hemery & Sarah Simblet

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    The best books on Trees - Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chapters by David Hinton & Zhuangzi (aka Chuang Tzu)

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    Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chapters
    by David Hinton & Zhuangzi (aka Chuang Tzu)

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    The best books on Trees - The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan

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    The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
    by Michael Pollan

  • ‘The wood that frames our houses, holds up our furniture, and gives us paper arrives with signs of its ecological history purged.’ We’re a long way from the campfire where our relationship with trees got going. Here, David George Haskell takes us back, deep into the forest.

  • The best books on Trees - Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
  • The best books on Trees - Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
  • The best books on Trees - The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century by Gabriel Hemery & Sarah Simblet
  • The best books on Trees - Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chapters by David Hinton & Zhuangzi (aka Chuang Tzu)
  • The best books on Trees - The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan

The best books on Trees, recommended by David George Haskell

‘The wood that frames our houses, holds up our furniture, and gives us paper arrives with signs of its ecological history purged.’ We’re a long way from the campfire where our relationship with trees got going. Here, David George Haskell takes us back, deep into the forest.

The best books on Trees, recommended by David George Haskell

    The Best Nature Books for Kids, recommended by M G Leonard

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    The Best Nature Books for Kids - My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

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    My Family and Other Animals
    by Gerald Durrell

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    The Best Nature Books for Kids - Watership Down by Richard Adams

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    Watership Down
    by Richard Adams

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    The Best Nature Books for Kids - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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    The Secret Garden
    by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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    The Best Nature Books for Kids - The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann

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    The Animals of Farthing Wood
    by Colin Dann

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    The Best Nature Books for Kids - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

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    The Wind in the Willows
    by Kenneth Grahame

  • Author M G Leonard talks about the importance of getting our children engaged with the natural world. She recommends her favourite nature books for kids.

  • The Best Nature Books for Kids - My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
  • The Best Nature Books for Kids - Watership Down by Richard Adams
  • The Best Nature Books for Kids - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • The Best Nature Books for Kids - The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
  • The Best Nature Books for Kids - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

The Best Nature Books for Kids, recommended by M G Leonard

Author M G Leonard talks about the importance of getting our children engaged with the natural world. She recommends her favourite nature books for kids.

The Best Nature Books for Kids, recommended by M G Leonard

    The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth, recommended by Lucy Newlyn

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    The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth - William Wordsworth: The Major Works by Stephen Gill (editor)

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    William Wordsworth: The Major Works
    by Stephen Gill (editor)

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    The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth - The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals by Pamela Woof (editor)

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    The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals
    by Pamela Woof (editor)

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    The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth - The Gang by John Worthen

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    The Gang
    by John Worthen

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    The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth - The Gift by Lewis Hyde

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    The Gift
    by Lewis Hyde

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    The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth - Dorothy Wordsworth, Writer by Pamela Woof

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    Dorothy Wordsworth, Writer
    by Pamela Woof

  • William Wordsworth probably did not get his greatest creative impetus from solitude, but from his extremely close relationship with his sister, suggests Oxford scholar Lucy Newlyn

  • The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth - William Wordsworth: The Major Works by Stephen Gill (editor)
  • The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth - The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals by Pamela Woof (editor)
  • The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth - The Gang by John Worthen
  • The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth - The Gift by Lewis Hyde
  • The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth - Dorothy Wordsworth, Writer by Pamela Woof

The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth, recommended by Lucy Newlyn

William Wordsworth probably did not get his greatest creative impetus from solitude, but from his extremely close relationship with his sister, suggests Oxford scholar Lucy Newlyn

The best books on William and Dorothy Wordsworth, recommended by Lucy Newlyn
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