Wilding
How to Bring Wildlife Back: An Illustrated Guide
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Shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize, Children's Nature and Conservation Writing
An inspriring story of hope showing what happens when you let nature take the lead.
Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back is a full-colour reimagining of Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm for younger readers. This beautiful illustrated gift book tells the story of a remarkable experiment: the rewilding of the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, the restoration of natural ecological processes, and the stunning recovery of flora and fauna.
Illustrated with lino prints and watercolours by Angela Harding, the book explains how rewilding works and includes beautiful spreads featuring species that have returned and thrive including butterflies, bats, owls and beetles.
There are accessible in-garden activities to 're-wild' your own spaces and the book encourages young readers to slow down and observe the natural world around them, and start to understand the connections between species and habitats, and the huge potential for life right on their doorstep.
About this Author
Isabella Tree is an award-winning author and travel writer, and lives with her husband, conservationist Charlie Burrell, in the middle of a pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex. She is author of five nonfiction books. Her book Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm has sold quarter of a million copies worldwide and won the 2018 Richard Jefferies Prize for nature writing and was one of the Smithsonian's top ten science books for 2018.
Angela Harding is an author, printmaker, and illustrator who lives in the village of Wing, Rutland. British birds and animals have always inspired her artwork especially familiar garden birds like sparrows and blackbirds and waders such as Curlews, Redshanks and Oystercatchers.She is the author and illustrator of A Year Unfolding: A Printmaker's View and Wild Light: A Printmaker's Day and Night and has created the covers for many bestselling books, including The Salt Path and The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn, October, October by Katya Balen, English Pastoral by James Rebanks, and Christmas is Murder by Val McDermid, among many others.
Reviews
"A captivating illustrated book.. exquisite illustrations by the printmaker and fine artist Angela Harding" --The Observer
"A gentle reminder of the little things we can do to help the creatures that share our planet.. combined with Angela Harding's free-flowing illustrations, this is perfect for anyone looking to make the life of even a hedgehog a little easier" --Daily Mail
"This is the perfect inspirational read for a new generation of re-wilders" --Lancashire Evening Post
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