Super Questers: the case of the great energy robbery

SuperQuesters The Case of the Great Energy RobberyLisa Moss & Thomas Bernard, Amy Wilcox (illustrator)Amsterdam: Questfriendz, 2023 ISBN 978-90-832943-0-8£7.99www.questfriendz.com  @QuestFriendz Super Questers: the case of the great energy robbery is “an interactive adventure story” by Lisa Moss and Thomas Bernard, illustrated by Amy Wilcox.  Here’s a synopsis of the plot from the QuestFriendz website: When…

Animals under logs and stones

Animals under logs and stones (2nd edition)C Philip Wheater, Helen J Read, Charlotte WheaterLondon: Pelagic Publishing, 2023 pelagicpublishing.comISBN 978-1-78426-417-7£29.99, 344 pages Animals under logs and stones is the latest in the Naturalists’ Handbook series from Pelagic Publishing.  When a young member of my family looked at some of the pictures in this book, the immediate…

PLANT-LIFE, a Walk with Nature

PLANT-LIFE, a Walk with Nature is a new book by Edward Bent and self-published with www.nartura.net. Pages: 240 ISBN: 979-12-210-0957-6 Price: £21.00 online. Is there anyone in the world who does not have some kind of interaction with the plant kingdom? Consider the food we eat, the landscapes we enjoy, the flowers we value for their…

Secrets of the Saltmarsh

Secrets of the Saltmarsh  By Claire Saxby; illustrated by Alicia Rogerson  CSIRO Publishing, 2023  isbn 9781486317141 (hbk)   It’s not every day that you think of, or use the words ‘salt marsh’. Wetlands, yes, vaulable and quickly disappearing habitats,  a habitat type that we are losing each year to drainage to make way for farmland.…

How Bad are Bananas

Reviewed by Professor William Scott Just how bad are bananas? I don’t mean as a food; that’s quite a different question. I’m referring to carbon footprints. You might have wondered about this as you unzipped that most convenient and ubiquitous of fruits, given that it will have been carted half-way across the planet to sit…

The Climate Book

The Climate Book, which was “created” by Greta Thunberg, weighs in at a hefty 1.4kg so you might need to reinforce that coffee table.  It has 5 sections: How climate works How our planet is changing How it affects us What we’ve done about it What we must do now Each of these is sub-divided into…