Young Telegraph
This book about the beauty of the Earth and how we must preserve it from destruction is perfect.
The Sunday Times
A collection of fine pieces in a book that rivals the beauty of the natural world it celebrates.
Guardian
Inspirational, educational, beautiful, simple but complex, deeply personal but universal. A heady combination of words, cultures and images.
Product Description
Award-winning author Judy Allen has had a lifelong interest in the natural world. As a child, she compiled a notebook of writings on the subject that interested or moved her and it is these, along with more recent discoveries that form the basis of this anthology. Included are the wise thoughts of a Kayapo Indian Chief on saving the Amazonian Rainforest; an Australian Aboriginal woman bemoaning the destructive effects of mining; Rudyard Kipling's haunting seal anthem, "Lukkanon"; Gerald Durrell's affirmation of captive breeding; and an 11-year-old boy's reflections on watching a robin. There are the voices of poets, scientists, spiritual leaders and ordinary people. Some are celebratory, others angry, sad, contemplative, ironic, lyrical, instructive. What links these pieces is a passionate concern evident also in the deeply-felt images that accompany them - paintings, drawings and photographs.
