This is a book to be shared between parent and child; it is an encyclopaedia, a calendar, an activity book, a Pandora's box of nature, and provides the key to knowing more about the countryside and environment around oneself. Through the colour illustrations and the informative text, the reader can discover why flamingos are pink, how owls see in the dark, where rain comes from and why porcupines have prickly spines. The book is systematically cross-referenced, and has over 2000 illustrations.
- ISBN10 0718136381
- ISBN13 9780718136383
- Publish Date 6 October 1994 (first published 1 September 1994)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 9 July 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English