Month: April 2026

A Visual Compendium of Wonders from Nature

AJ Wood, Mike Jolley, illustrated by Owen Davey

An incredible book packed with information, a great resource for home and school. WideEyed Books, an imprint of Quarto have created a gem of a book.

As the human species, Homo sapiens, are challenged now to find ways to live and survive in harmony with nature, curiosity will provide the answers. So, set out on your own adventure in this book, and discover why the natural world is worthy of your unending curiosity.

Discover the interconnectedness of the natural world and learn why living things look and behave the way they do in a series of visually compelling information charts, maps and cutaways, all illustrated in a nostalgic, vintage style.

Packed with incredible facts about the natural world and the animals that populate it, the whole family will enjoy the full-page spreads grouped into the categories of habitats, species and adaptations.

Celebrate the extraordinary resourcefulness and resilience of the natural world with amazing facts about:

• Habitats, ecosystems and biodiversity
• Migrations, from the wildebeest of Africa to the red crabs of Christmas Island
• All types of camouflage, from predator-dazing zebra stripes to the fur of the Artic fox, which changes to white in winter to match the snow
• Life in the rainforest, the ‘lungs of our planet’
• All sorts of seeds and their variety of ingenious designs
• Life cycles of creatures, from butterflies to the curious axolotl 

Sue Martin Children’s Literacy Specialist

Are you ready to take part in an adventure? To face danger at every turn? To venture into unknown lands? If you are, then Journey to the Last River may be the perfect adventure book for you. An incredible insight into an expedition that possible took place in the 1960’s with no authorship. But it tells the tale with amazing drawings of what must have been a journey into the unknown.

‘I would mention the area’s name, but I can’t. All I can say is that this map would lead the two of us on an expedition into the heart of the unknown, hoping to find the last river for ourselves. What we discovered deep within the rainforest was enough to make me remove or change the place names in this journal – just like the map maker. Soon, you will know and understand.…’

Join the Unknown Adventurer again on this thrilling adventure into the Amazon, which begins with a map discovered in the Royal Geographical Society showing a river that has been mysteriously rubbed out. It leads the Unknown Adventurer and his companion Bibi into a search for this ‘last river’ that will change their understanding of nature forever. 

This book is a thrilling tale of a voyage into the Amazon rainforest that looks exactly like a real scrap book inside, with smudged pages, handwritten-looking text and even die-cut piranha bite marks from a previous scrape.

The gripping story features encounters with caiman and anacondas, incredible flora and fauna, survival tips and much, much more. 

An amazing book to come from Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, an imprint of Quarto and a truly adventurous publication.

Sue Martin Children’s Literacy Specialist