This book offers 10 `recipes` for Woodland adventures, each structured around a story which is designed to capture the imagination of 2-6 year olds. Each recipe provides parents & carers with a list of the kit required (generally, simple household objects) & a set of step by step instructions. A strong addition to the successful Frances Lincoln creative parenting list, this book focuses on activities for younger children, & connects with the fast-growing Forest School movement. ...

A fantastic first book on forests, Nature Explorers Woodland & Forest is the perfect companion for children eager to explore the woodlands of the world. From cold coniferous forests to dry deciduous woodl&, & tropical rainforests, children can discover everything about trees & who lives in them. With exciting activities, like bark rubbing, & plenty of fun facts, Nature Explorers Woodland & Forest is a must for children curious about forests & woodlands. ...

Description: Accompany woodsman Ben Law as he celebrates the amazing diversity of craft products made from materials sourced directly from the woods. Including brooms, rakes, pegs, spoons, chairs, baskets, fencing, yurts & even a caravan, the items are hewn from freshly cut green wood, shaped by hand & infused with a simple, rustic beauty. Author Biography: Ben Law, woodsman, craftsman, eco-builder, teacher & writer, lives & works in Prickly Nut Wood in West Sussex, UK. The building of his unique woodland home was featured on Channel 4`s Grand Designs in the UK & was voted by viewers as the most popular episode ever. In addition to the coppicing of his own woodl&, he runs courses on sustainable woodland management & permaculture, runs a specialist eco- building company & trains apprentices. ...

This attractive & cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of the finest walks through the woods & forests of the Lake District National Park in a popular pocketable format. With clear information, an overview & introduction for each walk, expertly written numbered directions, large scale Ordnance Survey maps, superb, eye-grabbing panoramic photographs, & interpretation of points of interest along the way, these guides set a new standard in clarity & ease-of-use. Featured walks include: Claife Heights, Grizedale Forest, Staveley Woods, Grasmere Woods, Haverthwaite Heights, Muncaster Estate, Ennerdale, Dodd Wood, Ashness Woods, & Silver Crag. ...

Amazing watercolour paintings of animals, birds, plants & funghi that can be found in the world`s woodlands. Each picture is accompanied by a line drawing for the user to complete themselves
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` Trees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife. Each species has its own agenda & its own interactions with human activities.. .` Written by one of Britain`s best-known naturalists, Woodlands offers a fascinating new insight into the trees of the British landscape that have filled us with awe & inspiration throughout the centuries. Looking at such diverse evidence as the woods used in buildings & ships, & how woodland has been portrayed in pictures & photographs, Rackham traces British woodland through the ages, from the evolution of wildwood, through man`s effect on the landscape, modern forestry & its legacy, & recent conservation efforts & their effects. In his lively & thoroughly engaging style, Rackham explores woodlands & their history, through names, surveys, mapping & legal documents, archaeology, photographs & works of art, thus offering an utterly compelling insight into British woodlands & how they have come to shape a national obsession. ...

` Trees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife. Each species has its own agenda & its own interactions with human activities.. .` Written by one of Britain`s best-known naturalists, Woodlands offers a fascinating new insight into the trees of the British landscape that have filled us with awe & inspiration throughout the centuries. Looking at such diverse evidence as the woods used in buildings & ships, & how woodland has been portrayed in pictures & photographs, Rackham traces British woodland through the ages, from the evolution of wildwood, through man`s effect on the landscape, modern forestry & its legacy, & recent conservation efforts & their effects. In his lively & thoroughly engaging style, Rackham explores woodlands & their history, through names, surveys, mapping & legal documents, archaeology, photographs & works of art, thus offering an utterly compelling insight into British woodlands & how they have come to shape a national obsession. ...

Woodley in 1897 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers the eastern part of Bredbury, stretching from Butterhouse Green & Woodley eastward to Greavefold. Features include Victoria Works, St Mark's church, Butterhouse Green area, stretch of Peak Forest Canal, Cheshire Lines Railway & Sheffield & Midland Joint Railway with Woodley Junction station, Heald Wood, Greavefold with Holy Innocents church, Botany Mill, Wood Mill, Manor House. An 1896 directory of Bredbury is included on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Woodley in 1897 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the eastern part of Bredbury, stretching from Butterhouse Green & Woodley eastward to Greavefold. Features include Victoria Works, St Mark`s church, Butterhouse Green area, stretch of Peak Forest Canal, Cheshire Lines Railway & Sheffield & Midland Joint Railway with Woodley Junction station, Heald Wood, Greavefold with Holy Innocents church, Botany Mill, Wood Mill, Manor House, etc. An 1896 directory of Bredbury is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

” Woods etc.” is Alice Oswald`s third collection of poems, & follows the success of her widely acclaimed river-poem ” Dart”, which was awarded the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2002. Extending the concerns of ” Dart” & written over a period of several years, these poems combine abrupt honesty with an exuberant rhetorical confidence, at times recalling the oral & anonymous tradition with which they share such affinity. ...