The Wildlife Detective

by Terry Jennings

Published 5 November 1992
Part of the "First Project Books" series which provides information and activity based books for five-to eight year-olds. This particular book is a fun guide to finding out about the animals and insects around us by looking for clues to where they live, what they eat and how they survive in their own particular environment. It is full of things to do and practical experiments to carry out - such as testing whether bees respond to artificial flowers or how to build a bird dust bath. Doctor Terry Jennings is the author of the award-winning "Young Scientist" series.

Wildlife

by Terry Jennings

Published April 1993
This book encourages children to explore the wildlife around them by looking for "clues". Children can discover which colour flower bees like best, how to make a dust bath for birds, see how many insects live in trees and how to make a snail house. The book also includes a minibeast mobile to cut and trace.