Nicola Davies Book order

The book showcases the diverse and vibrant life in our skies, highlighting various flying creatures such as bats, birds, bees, and beetles. It delves into the fascinating reasons behind animal flight, combining engaging facts with stunning illustrations. Award-winning author Nicola Davies invites readers to discover the wonders of aerial life, making it an informative and visually captivating exploration of nature.

This tree doesn't look like it's doing very much: it just stands there in the sunlight, big and green. But this tree is busy. Starting with the secret workings of a tree, this book transports readers billions of years into the past; back to the moment when plant life first appeared on our planet. Covering its evolution, the steady emergence of fossil fuels and the extraordinary communities of plants around the world today, Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton combine essential biology with a powerful message, a call to protect the most precious colour on Earth... green.

Set against the backdrop of the harsh Antarctic winter, the story follows a pair of emperor penguins as they navigate the challenges of parenthood while striving to keep their chick alive. The narrative emphasizes the critical role of combating climate change in ensuring the survival of these majestic creatures, highlighting the interconnectedness of environmental issues and wildlife conservation.

The story follows Skrimsli, a tiger sea captain, in a vibrant fantasy world where animals and humans can communicate. As he embarks on a thrilling adventure with his friends Owl and Kal, they face the challenges of escaping from a cruel circus owner. Their journey also involves preventing a war and protecting an ancient forest, blending themes of friendship, courage, and the fight against tyranny.

Forty fantastic poems and paintings from an internationally acclaimed duo, celebrating our beautiful planet

When most people think of reptiles, they think scaly, cold blooded and possibly poisonous. But the young adventurer loves reptiles and is rather disappointed that we have so few in the UK. So she goes off round the world to seek out some of her favourites and discover the versatile world of the reptile.

It's April in Antarctica and, in places so remote that they can only be seen by satellites, lines of Emperor Penguins appear in search of the perfect ice for raising their chicks. A wise old Empress has returned to the ice at Halley Bay year after year; with the help of her mate, she works to protect her newly-laid egg against the bitter winter. But a changing climate is making the Antarctic Ocean warmer - winds are stronger and storms are fiercer...

Choose Love is a cycle of poems that highlights the experience of those forced tobecome refugees. The core of the collection was written in 2018 as part of a project with the charity Refugee Trauma Initiative. With the permission of both individual refugees and aid workers, RTI shared with Nicola a number of true and poignant stories which were then used as the basis for short-form poems. Over the following years Nicola has added to this core of poems to create a coherent collection on the theme of forced migration, its wider causes and consequences.

Giraffes were once a part of daily life in Niger but after severe droughts one year, when the rains eventually return, the giraffes are nowhere to be seen. However, as award-winning artist Emily Sutton's magnificent illustrations capture, The Beauty of Giraffes ultimately has a hopeful, celebratory story to share and an important point to make about how human beings can change for the better.