Showing posts with label Camilla de le Bédoyère. Show all posts
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Thursday, 13 October 2016

Two awesome new books from Camilla De La Bedoyere, Emma Levey and Richard Watson offer the chance for a globetrotting adventure on land and under the sea!

If you love puzzles, animals and adventures then two new titles published by Miles Kelly Publishing should definitely tick all the right boxes for you.

Both are available in the "Super Search Adventure" range, and are chock-full of brilliant observational puzzles, facts and figures so you can really get under the skin of all the animal species we share our wonderful planet with.

First, "Where is the Bear?" takes a trip on land with Suki the rabbit. She needs your help as she's on a mission to deliver a present to a bear named Ping (great name!)

Who is this mysterious bear? Where is he? This brilliantly creative story takes children on a round-the-world adventure packed with intriguing information, memorable animal characters, rhyming riddles and fun activities.

Emma Levey's beautiful, bright illustrations will keep children enthralled with inventive details to spot everywhere.

An additional wow-factor is provided by the foldout cover flaps, which create a panoramic artwork scene and reveal clever spaces for readers to chart their progress through the story.

"Where is the Bear?" by Camilla De La Bedoyere and Emma Levey is out now from Miles Kelly Publishing.

The second book in the "Super Search Adventure" series takes us under the sea...!

"On the Trail of the Whale" by Camilla, and illustrated by Richard Watson this time, once again whisks us off on a grand journey packed with activities and puzzles.

This time, Otto the octopus needs our help - his best friend Hula the humpback whale is nowhere to be found! Where on earth can you hide a whale?

This brilliantly creative story takes children on an adventure through the oceans packed with intriguing information, memorable animal characters, rhyming riddles and fun activities.

Richard Watson's beautiful, bright illustrations will keep children enthralled with inventive details to spot everywhere. Once again awesome fun is provided by the foldout cover flaps, creating awesome panoramas packed with facts and figures for busy little minds.

"On the Trail of the Whale" by Camilla De La Bedoyere and Richard Watson is out now, from Miles Kelly Publishing. 
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Thursday, 11 June 2015

Bone Collections: Dinosaurs by Camilla de le Bédoyère and Rob Colson (QED Publishing)


Bone Collections: Dinosaurs

Written by Camilla de le Bédoyère

Illustrated by Rob Colson

Published by QED Publishing

With the imminent release of "Jurassic World" as one of the big summer blockbusters, Dinosaurs look set to once again wow the hearts and minds of children everywhere as they bone up (sorry) on the various species.

"Bone Collections: Dinosaurs" takes a close look at dinosaurs, literally from the inside out! The book tackles the often quite difficult task of explaining the various eras of evolution from the earliest sea-dwelling ancestors of dinosaur species, through to the gigantic land-stalking lizards we're all completely fascinated by and hooked on.

With each species, you're given a fantastic representation of their skeletal construction, and a ton of accompanying images of each species in turn, demonstrating their traits and characteristics in exquisite detail.

We particularly loved the approach of mixing the multitude of facts with examples of how particular species were identified from fossil records, how new technology is shaping how we piece together each species and imagine how they lived (and what they got up to).

If you're giddy about Giganatosaurs, devoted to Dimetrodons or truly tempted to learn more about T-Rexes, this is a fantastic and weighty tome for all would-be dinosaur hunters.

Charlotte's best bit: Charlotte quite often changes her choice of 'fave species' and she really loved learning all about Ankylosaurus in this book (particularly their big club-like tails, made from fused together bone!)

Daddy's Favourite bit: This is one of the best factual Dinosaur books we've seen in ages. Expertly written and produced, fantastically presented and gloriously illustrated.

(Kindly sent to us for review by QED Publishing)
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Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Beautiful Beasts by Camilla de le Bédoyère (QED Publishing)


Beautiful Beasts

Written and Illustrated by
Camilla de le Bédoyère (Author)

Published by QED Publishing

There seems to be a huge surge in the publication of fantastic non-fiction books about animals. In the last year or so we've seen some brilliant books concentrating on species we know, and even some mythical ones we don't. But how about an utterly fantastic book that traces the genesis of many of the animal species that still roam the earth today?

"Beautiful Beasts" mixes together the ancient and the modern, providing a luxurious and sumptuous fully illustrated look at how certain animal classes and 'families' evolved often from common ancestors to become the animals we're more familiar with in the here and now.

Camilla's enthusiasm shines through as we see how the first single-celled creatures evolved into more complex beasts, emerging from ancient seas to eventually stalk the land. Evolving further still as the first primitive mammals and birds emerged, and the first apes swung through the trees before standing upright and turning into...us!

Charlotte was completely enthralled by this, and relished the challenge of pronouncing some of those weird old names for some of the ancient creatures nestling between the pages of this weighty tome.

An utterly brilliant addition to our burgeoning bestiary! "Beautiful Beasts" is out today, from QED Publishing.

Charlotte's best bit: Charlotte was completely fascinated by the evolution of horses from Eohippus onwards.

Daddy's Favourite bit: A really fantastic bestiary to join the ranks of the amazing creature books that are currently storming into bookstores. Not to be missed!

(Kindly sent to us for review by QED Publishing)
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