<p><b>Shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize for Nature and Conservation Writing for Children 2022<br>Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Children's Travel Book of the Year 2022</b><br><br><b>Join the brilliant Dara McAnulty, winner of the Wainwright Prize for <i>Diary of a Young Naturalist,</i> as he takes you on a nature walk to share in the joy of connecting with the natural world on your multi sensory journey starting just beyond your own front door.</b><br><br><i>Wild Child: A Journey Through Nature</i> is a beautiful gift book, illustrated in full colour by Barry Falls, and divided into five chapters: looking out of the window, venturing out into the garden, walking in the woods, investigating heathland and wandering on the river bank.<br><br>Dara pauses to tell you about each habitat and provides fantastic facts about the native birds, animals and plants you will find there &ndash; including wrens, blackbirds, butterflies, tadpoles, bluebells, bees, hen harriers, otters, dandelions, oak trees and many, many more.<br><br>Each chapter contains a discovery section where you will get a closer look at natural phenomena such as metamorphoses and migration, learn about categorization in the animal kingdom or become an expert on the collective nouns for birds.<br><br>Every chapter ends with an activity to do when you get home - you will be shown how to make a bird feeder, try pond dipping, make a journey stick and build a terrarium and more.<br><br>Dara closes the book with his own inspirational advice for young conservationists. This is the perfect guide for an aspiring naturalist.</p>