I had the Hamlyn Guide to Birds from about age 9 and that was much loved and leafed through. A grandmotherly friend had Keble Martins Wild Flower book with its beautiful paintings of native flowers. She let me look in it, again when I was about nine - what a special invitation that opened up the wonderful world of flowers to me.
I had the Hamlyn Guide to Birds from about age 9 and that was much loved and leafed through. A grandmotherly friend had Keble Martins Wild Flower book with its beautiful paintings of native flowers. She let me look in it, again when I was about nine - what a special invitation that opened up the wonderful world of flowers to me.
That's lovely! I love the way these kind of books can be really formative when it comes to our relationship with nature.
Yes me too.
Mine was The AA Book of the Countryside!
I don't know of this book but know I would have loved it as a child!