What are you doing today, Mother Nature?

What are you doing today, Mother Nature?

Lucy Brownridge

Book - 2022

This book is a collection of 48 non-fiction stories about animals, insects, fish, birds, and plants in the natural world, the beauty and variety of nature in every part of the planet, and how the world changes. Arranged month by month, season to season through the full cycle of the calendar year, each month features four stories from a different part of the world. This book will transport you across the globe and teach you about the different kinds of international weather, seasons and cycles of nature, and the wildlife across the planet.

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Subjects
Nature > Miscellanea > Juvenile literature.
Seasons > Miscellanea > Juvenile literature.
Weather > Miscellanea > Juvenile literature.
Animals > Miscellanea > Juvenile literature.
Fishes > Miscellanea > Juvenile literature.
Birds > Miscellanea > Juvenile literature.
Plants > Miscellanea > Juvenile literature.
Nature > Miscellanea.
Seasons > Miscellanea.
Weather > Miscellanea.
Animals > Miscellanea.
Fishes > Miscellanea.
Birds > Miscellanea.
Plants.
Animals.
Birds.
Fishes.
Nature.
Seasons.
Weather.
Juvenile works.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Illustrated works.
Genres
Juvenile works
Trivia and miscellanea
Illustrated works
Published
Beverly, MA : Wide Eyed Editions 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Lucy Brownridge (author)
Other Authors
Margaux Samson-Abadie (illustrator)
Item Description
Includes index.
"Every moment of the year, Mother Nature is hard at work, making clouds for the rain to fall from, preparing a squirrel to hide nuts for the winter cold, or guiding a little chick on its first flight half way around the world. Find out what she is doing right now, all around the world in 48 stories of nature's ever-turning cycles. This exquisitely illustrated treasure showcases the most dramatic and beautiful nature history stories that play out right under our noses, year after year."--Back cover.
Physical Description
107 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
ISBN
9780711269668
  • January. A hot bath in winter (Japan) ; The great parrot clay lick (Peru) ; A little chick's very long day (Antarctica) ; Love in a snowstorm (Afghanistan)
  • February. A blush of pink (Japan) ; A kaleidoscope of butterflies (Mexico) ; A cloud of frog spawn (Wales) ; A super bloom in Death Valley (USA)
  • March. Life springs from the rich earth (Netherlands) ; A frog defrosts (Canada) ; A black sun ballet (Denmark) ; A gray whale gathering (Mexico)
  • April. A cascade of snow (Nepal) ; A blanket of bluebells (England) ; A drop of rain (Norway) ; A snow dance (Japan)
  • May. A dust storm in the desert (Saudi Arabia) ; A magical moonbow (USA) ; The great sardine run (South Africa) ; The flying guava farmer (Trinidad)
  • June. A light show in the forest (USA) ; A spectacular stink (Indonesia) ; A total eclipse of the moon (England) ; A stay at the fig hotel (Palestine)
  • July. The winds of change (France) ; The great migration (Kenya) ; Life from the ashes (USA) ; The wood wide web (Italy)
  • August. The aurora australis (Tasmania) ; A gathering of giants (Sri Lanka) ; A sea of glowing star (Maldives) ; A bamboo bear house (China)
  • September. A mushroom grows in a forest (Spain) ; A salmon's quest (Canda) ; The home of the clouds (India) ; The hermit crab's house swap (Jamaica)
  • October. A falling leaf (USA) ; The perfect nest (Western New Guinea) ; A lightning spectacular (Venezuela) ; Brown bear's bedtime (Russia)
  • November. Snow in the desert (Algeria) ; The longest flight (Antactica) ; Life comes flooding back (Zambia) ; A new coat for winter (Poland)
  • December. A night owl hunts by day (Portugal) ; A desert drink (Namibia) ; The sky ablaze (Norway) ; A highland feast (Scotland).

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