Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature
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Natural History Museum
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- File Type: PDF
- File Size: 61.3 MB
- Book Language: English
- Total Page Count: 280
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Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature
Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature is a digital PDF about amazing animals, magical creatures, and the wonders of the natural world. This edition is available as an instant download.
Published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books, the book brings together natural history, exploration, myth, behaviour, and conservation. It also considers creatures connected with Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts.
The foreword is by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. The contents include contributions from specialists and writers connected with natural history, illustration, exploration, and conservation.
Book Overview
Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature examines the boundary between imagined creatures and real animals. Its chapters move from myth and legend to naturalist exploration, hidden creatures, curious behaviour, misunderstood animals, endangered species, and saving the natural world.
The book is credited to the Natural History Museum and includes an introduction by Louis Buckley. Additional contributors include Dr Helen Scales, Andrea Hart, Olivia Lomenech Gill, Dr Helen Pilcher, Gillian Burke, Patrick Barkham, and Mya-Rose Craig.
It is intended for readers interested in animals, natural history, exploration, magical creatures, and conservation.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- A foreword by British explorer, writer, and poet Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
- An introduction to Fantastic Beasts and the wonder of nature by Louis Buckley.
- Discussion of myth and legend with Dr Helen Scales.
- Exploration of the naturalist tradition with Andrea Hart.
- Chapters about hidden creatures, curious behaviour, and misunderstood animals.
- Coverage of endangered species and efforts to save the natural world.
Why This Book Matters
The book connects natural history with stories of magical creatures and longstanding traditions of myth and legend. Its later chapters turn attention toward endangered species and the protection of the natural world.
It also presents exploration as an ongoing process. The foreword describes how botanists, zoologists, glaciologists, geologists, and magizoologists can continue investigating the planet and its wildlife.
Book Details
| Author | Natural History Museum |
|---|---|
| Title | Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature |
| Format | |
| File Type | |
| File Size | 61.3 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 64296404 |
| Pages | 280 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Children’s Books |
| Publication Date | November 26, 2020 |
| Print Length | 158 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1526624036 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1526624031 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.13 x 0.79 x 10.71 inches |
| Rating | 4.7 out of 5 stars |
| Review Count | 279 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #856,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) |
| Foreword | Sir Ranulph Fiennes |
| Introduction | Louis Buckley |
| Chapter Two Contributor | Dr Helen Scales |
| Chapter Three Contributor | Andrea Hart |
| Chapter Four Contributor | Olivia Lomenech Gill |
| Chapter Five Contributor | Dr Helen Pilcher |
| Chapter Six Contributor | Gillian Burke |
| Chapter Seven Contributor | Patrick Barkham |
| Chapter Eight Contributor | Mya-Rose Craig |
| SourceLink | https://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Beasts-Wonder-Nature/dp/1526624036 |
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