The Story of Conservation

Name: The Story of Conservation
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780711278035
Price: 29.99 NZD
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A first book about protecting nature

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In The Story of Conservation by Steve Williams and Catherine Barr, young readers are taken on an engaging journey through the history and importance of conservation. The book explores how different species have been affected by human activity and highlights efforts made to protect our planet. It aims to inspire children to appreciate nature and understand their role in preserving it for future generations.
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The Story of Conservation

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You might enjoy this delightful children's book if you are interested in teaching young readers about the importance of protecting our planet. It provides an engaging exploration of conservation, explaining it in simple terms and inspiring a love for the environment. Perfect for curious minds, it encourages children to think about how they can make a difference in preserving our natural world.

The Story of Conservation

The next title in the best-selling Story of series is all The Story of Conservation, all about understanding, celebrating and caring for our planet's ever precious biodiversity.

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This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book spans the complete length and breadth of the topic of conservation, which is more important today than ever before.

Combining history with science, this deeply insightful book charts the changes in our understanding and relationship with conservation, from the beginnings of the planet when humans didn't consider their impact on their surroundings, to the modern world and what we can do to protect our natural resources today. Earth's natural resources include air, minerals, plants, soil, water, and wildlife. Conservation is the care and protection of these resources so that they can persist for future generations. It includes maintaining diversity of species, genes, and ecosystems, as well as functions of the environment, such as nutrient cycling. As well as discovering the effects conservation could have across the world, this book will help you discover practical ways we can work together to help protect our resources for our future generations.

With fact-packed text by Catherine Barr and vibrant illustrations by Amy Husband, this next title in the best-selling Story of... series is all about shifting attitudes to our natural world and will give children the information they need to inspire them to protect our precious planet.

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By Steve Williams and Catherine Barr

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The Story of Conservation by Steve Williams and Catherine Barr is praised for being an informative introduction to conservation for young readers. It effectively addresses key issues using accessible language and encourages education on significant environmental challenges.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711278035

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Illustration: 40

Contributors:

Illustrated by Amy Husband

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 275.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 40

Collections

Catherine Barr Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Steve Williams

About the Author

Catherine Barr worked at Greenpeace International for seven years as a wildlife and forestry campaigner and has a long-running interest in environmental issues. While working as an editor at the Natural History Museum, she researched and wrote two major summer exhibitions: Dinosaurs of the Gobi Desert and Myths and Monsters. Her previous books for Frances Lincoln are The Story of Inventions and The Story of Life. She lives on a hill near Hay-on-Wye in Herefordshire with her partner and two daughters.

AMY HUSBAND studied Graphic Art at Liverpool School of Art. Her first picture book, Dear Miss, was winner of the Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award in 2010, and she also wrote and illustrated Dear Santa, in the same series. Amy lives in York with her partner, working in a studio with views of York Minster. The Story of Life is her first book for Frances Lincoln.Steve Williams is a biologist with a degree in Marine Biology and Applied Zoology. His lifelong love of wildlife was further inspired by eight years at sea, and he now teaches science in a school in Wales. He is a beekeeper and lives near Hay-on-Wye with his wife and two daughters.