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Curiositree: Natural World

A Visual Compendium of Wonders from Nature
By Mike Jolley and AJ Wood
Series: Curiositree
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The award-winning Curiositree: Natural World explores, through 67 exquisitely illustrated charts, the myriad ways in which plants and animals have adapted to survive. Discover the interconnectedness of the natural world and learn why living things look and behave the way they do in a series of... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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See how nature is connected with this collection of 50 information charts designed to help you see the natural world in a whole new way.

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The award-winning Curiositree: Natural World explores, through 67 exquisitely illustrated charts, the myriad ways in which plants and animals have adapted to survive.

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 Arctic fox, which changes to white in winter to match the snow.

Life in the rainforest: The 'lungs of our planet'.

All sorts of seeds: Their variety of ingenious designs.

Life cycles of creatures: From butterflies to the curious axolotl.

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.

Series: Curiositree

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  • Curiositree: Natural World
    Curiositree: Natural World is a first introduction to the wonders of the natural world, examining the myriad ways in which plants and animals have adapted to survive. This book explores and explains why living things look and behave the way they do, presented through a series of visually compelling information charts.
    By Mike Jolley and AJ Wood
    Hardback
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  • Curiositree: Natural World
    Curiositree: Natural World
    The award-winning Curiositree: Natural World explores, through 67 exquisitely illustrated charts, the myriad ways in which plants and animals have adapted to survive. 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....
    By Mike Jolley and AJ Wood
    Paperback
    Sold Out

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805702207

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wide Eyed Editions

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Owen Davey

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 256.0mm

Height: 310.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 112

Collections

AJ Wood Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Mike Jolley Series: Curiositree

About the Author

Amanda Wood began her career in illustration at the Natural History Museum, and went on to be the founding Editor and Publisher of Templar for more than 30 years. In her time there, she published and nurtured numerous Greenaway winners, and edited and wrote groundbreaking series such as The Ologies, which have sold over 19 million-copies worldwide. Today she writes and runs her own small press from her home in Surrey. Mike Jolley has worked as a designer and Art Director in children's publishing for over 25 years. He is the author of Grunter - the Story of a Pig With Attitude and I'll See You In the Morning. Mike also exhibits and sells artwork made from found and collected objects, under the name Box 2. It was during one of his many junk shop visits that the idea of referencing mid-century school information charts as a design approach first took shape for Curiositree. He lives on a cliff overlooking the English Channel.Owen Davey is an award-winning illustrator, living and working in the UK. His work has been published in every continent (except Antarctica), with picture books published in the UK, America, Australia, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Portugal, China and South Korea.

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