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Artist and illustrator Jo Brown started keeping her nature diary in a bid to document the small wonders of the wood behind her home in Devon. This book is an exact replica of her original black Moleskin journal, a rich illustrated memory of Jo’s discoveries in the order in which she found them. In enchanting, minute detail she zooms in on a bog beacon mushroom, a buff-tailed bumble-bee, or a native bluebell. And she notes facts about their physiology and life history.Secrets of a Devon Wood is a treat for the senses, a hymn to the intricate beauty of the natural world and a quiet call to arms for all of us to acknowledge and preserve it. It is a book that will stay with you long after you finally put it down.
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Secrets of a Devon Wood, Pam Brown
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- Secrets of a Devon Wood
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Pam Brown
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 112
- ISBN10
- 1780724373
- ISBN13
- 9781780724379
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, True Stories, Biographies, Nature, Art, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Science, Birds, Nature Observation
- Rating
- 4.7 out of 5
- Description
- Artist and illustrator Jo Brown started keeping her nature diary in a bid to document the small wonders of the wood behind her home in Devon. This book is an exact replica of her original black Moleskin journal, a rich illustrated memory of Jo’s discoveries in the order in which she found them. In enchanting, minute detail she zooms in on a bog beacon mushroom, a buff-tailed bumble-bee, or a native bluebell. And she notes facts about their physiology and life history.Secrets of a Devon Wood is a treat for the senses, a hymn to the intricate beauty of the natural world and a quiet call to arms for all of us to acknowledge and preserve it. It is a book that will stay with you long after you finally put it down.