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Discover 100 of the planet's most magical islands - their wildlife, trees, diversity, people, treasures, and more - in this beautifully illustrated book. From islands that have been taken over by animals to disappearing islands, islands made of shells, artificial islands, and even islands that were once prison colonies, Amazing Islands is a whirlwind tour of some of the smallest land masses in the world. Discover the Galapagos islands, home of giant tortoises, penguins, boobies of all colours. Or visit Jiangxin Park in China, a natural island with an awe-inspiring, giant bookshop. Islands can be home to giant cities, colonies of cats or crabs; they have been hideouts for pirates and have given rise to astonishing scientific discoveries. Amazing Islands celebrates island life in all its extraordinary diversity.

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Amazing Islands is fun for the child fascinated by facts as well as isolation. Islands can be prisons, mysteries, cities - such as Venice - and ecological niches. The clear text and bold images display a capacity for lateral thinking that bright kids of 6-10 will relish and return to. * New Statesman * This title is ideal for younger readers. It is a brilliant introduction to non-fiction books and also has 'flickability' - a very important quality in early information books ... Favourite facts can easily be read aloud and discussed, and the accompanying illustrations allow the reader to visualise places they might never have seen. * Book Murmuration * This book is absolutely jam-packed with some of the most fascinating and diverse locations. After an introduction explaining what islands are and how they are made, readers are whisked around the world to South Georgia, the Galapagos, Christmas Island and Madagascar to name just a few. Kerry Hyndman's illustrations are absolutely stunning and truly capture the wonder of the featured landscapes. These, combined with the cornucopia of facts and maps, make this book one to savour and treasure. * Library Girl and Book Boy * Amazing Islands is a fact-filled, colourful celebration of island diversity, including information about wildlife, history, treasures and culture and featuring volcanoes, rainforests, Komodo dragons, prison colonies and more - with over 100 of the world's most magical islands to explore. * Books for Topics * Readers with a particular penchant for statistical information will enjoy the fold-out world map locating all the islands mentioned in the narrative and it also provides several 'island top tens' ... Each spread is alluringly illustrated with realistic depictions of the relevant flora and fauna, and organised with sufficient variety to maintain the reader's interest. * Red Reading Hub * This intriguing, colourful, fact-filled book is the first in a new Our Amazing World series and is an entertaining celebration of island diversity, wildlife, history, treasures and cultures ... Amazing Islands is a whirlwind tour of some of the smallest land masses in the world. From islands that have been taken over by animals, to disappearing islands, islands made of shells, artificial islands and even islands that were once prison colonies, this book takes you on a breath-taking tour ... The book contains lots of new science, history and geopolitics. Seven hundred million people (a tenth of the world's population) live on islands so they are important in our human history and as far as the environment is concerned, islands are susceptible to increasing threats due to environmental issues ...The perfect book to put island life in focus. * Lancashire Post * As a reminder of the impermanence of everything we take as stable, Amazing Islands is aptly named. Beautifully illustrated, this isn't a natural history so much as a look at islands of every kind - from the unique wildlife on Madagascar to the culture of island nations. Along the way, we explore the geological wonders and artificial islands. * Discover Wildlife * Amazing Islands is fantastic and I can't wait to get it into the hands of the children in my school! The author has managed to pull off the feat of providing loads of information without the book ever feeling overwhelming ... You could dip into Amazing Islands off and on for months and find new snippets of information to get excited over, making it ideal in a class library ... Kerry Hyndman's illustrations are the perfect accompaniment; detailed and joyful, but not so busy that they're a distraction from the text. Animals and natural formations are carefully labelled, and the central fold-out world map is delightful, locating all the islands mentioned in the book. -- Books for Topics

Amazing Islands is fantastic and I can't wait to get it into the hands of the children in my school! The author has managed to pull off the feat of providing loads of information without the book ever feeling overwhelming ... You could dip into Amazing Islands off and on for months and find new snippets of information to get excited over, making it ideal in a class library ... Kerry Hyndman's illustrations are the perfect accompaniment; detailed and joyful, but not so busy that they're a distraction from the text. Animals and natural formations are carefully labelled, and the central fold-out world map is delightful, locating all the islands mentioned in the book. -- Books for Topics As a reminder of the impermanence of everything we take as stable, Amazing Islands is aptly named. Beautifully illustrated, this isn't a natural history so much as a look at islands of every kind - from the unique wildlife on Madagascar to the culture of island nations. Along the way, we explore the geological wonders and artificial islands. * Discover Wildlife * This intriguing, colourful, fact-filled book is the first in a new Our Amazing World series and is an entertaining celebration of island diversity, wildlife, history, treasures and cultures ... Amazing Islands is a whirlwind tour of some of the smallest land masses in the world. From islands that have been taken over by animals, to disappearing islands, islands made of shells, artificial islands and even islands that were once prison colonies, this book takes you on a breath-taking tour ... The book contains lots of new science, history and geopolitics. Seven hundred million people (a tenth of the world's population) live on islands so they are important in our human history and as far as the environment is concerned, islands are susceptible to increasing threats due to environmental issues ...The perfect book to put island life in focus. * Lancashire Post * Readers with a particular penchant for statistical information will enjoy the fold-out world map locating all the islands mentioned in the narrative and it also provides several 'island top tens' ... Each spread is alluringly illustrated with realistic depictions of the relevant flora and fauna, and organised with sufficient variety to maintain the reader's interest. * RedReadingHub * Amazing Islands is a fact-filled, colourful celebration of island diversity, including information about wildlife, history, treasures and culture and featuring volcanoes, rainforests, Komodo dragons, prison colonies and more - with over 100 of the world's most magical islands to explore. * Books for Topics * This book is absolutely jam-packed with some of the most fascinating and diverse locations. After an introduction explaining what islands are and how they are made, readers are whisked around the world to South Georgia, the Galapagos, Christmas Island and Madagascar to name just a few. Kerry Hyndman's illustrations are absolutely stunning and truly capture the wonder of the featured landscapes. These, combined with the cornucopia of facts and maps, make this book one to savour and treasure. * Library Girl and Book Boy * This title is ideal for younger readers. It is a brilliant introduction to non-fiction books and also has 'flickability' - a very important quality in early information books ... Favourite facts can easily be read aloud and discussed, and the accompanying illustrations allow the reader to visualise places they might never have seen. * BookMurmuration * Amazing Islands is fun for the child fascinated by facts as well as isolation. Islands can be prisons, mysteries, cities - such as Venice - and ecological niches. The clear text and bold images display a capacity for lateral thinking that bright kids of 6-10 will relish and return to. * NewStatesman *

This intriguing, colourful, fact-filled book is the first in a new Our Amazing World series and is an entertaining celebration of island diversity, wildlife, history, treasures and cultures [...] Amazing Islands is a whirlwind tour of some of the smallest land masses in the world. From islands that have been taken over by animals, to disappearing islands, islands made of shells, artificial islands and even islands that were once prison colonies, this book takes you on a breathtaking tour [...] The book contains lots of new science, history and geopolitics. Seven hundred million people (a tenth of the world's population) live on islands so they are important in our human history and as far as the environment is concerned, islands are susceptible to increasing threats due to environmental issues [...].The perfect book to put island life in focus. * Lancashire Post * Readers with a particular penchant for statistical information will enjoy the fold-out world map locating all the islands mentioned in the narrative and it also provides several 'island top tens' [...] Each spread is alluringly illustrated with realistic depictions of the relevant flora and fauna, and organised with sufficient variety to maintain the reader's interest. * RedReadingHub * Amazing Islands is a fact-filled, colourful celebration of island diversity, including information about wildlife, history, treasures and culture and featuring volcanoes, rainforests, Komodo dragons, prison colonies and more - with over 100 of the world's most magical islands to explore. * Books for Topics * This book is absolutely jam-packed with some of the most fascinating and diverse locations. After an introduction explaining what islands are and how they are made, readers are whisked around the world to South Georgia, the Galapagos, Christmas Island and Madagascar to name just a few. Kerry Hyndman's illustrations are absolutely stunning and truly capture the wonder of the featured landscapes. These, combined with the cornucopia of facts and maps, make this book one to savour and treasure. * Library Girl and Book Boy * This title is ideal for younger readers. It is a brilliant introduction to non-fiction books and also has 'flickability' - a very important quality in early information books [...] Favourite facts can easily be read aloud and discussed, and the accompanying illustrations allow the reader to visualise places they might never have seen. * BookMurmuration * Amazing Islands is fun for the child fascinated by facts as well as isolation. Islands can be prisons, mysteries, cities - such as Venice - and ecological niches. The clear text and bold images display a capacity for lateral thinking that bright kids of 6-10 will relish and return to. * NewStatesman *

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Sabrina Weiss is a London-based journalist covering science, the environment and technology. An avid diver and photographer, she loves to plunge into the deep blue and photograph the animals we share our planet with. Sabrina is in a constant state of wanderlust and is always ready for the next adventure. Sabrina Weiss is the author of Ocean: Secrets of the Deep (What on Earth Books, 2019). When she's not careering down slopes on her snowboard, Kerry Hyndman works from her South London studio creating rich, textured maps and illustrations. Her affinity for making blocky, abstract shapes take on three dimensional life with skilful layering has earned her a formidable client list including Bloomsbury, Faber and The Wall Street Journal.

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