For the budding naturalist, here is a beautiful book about the ecology of our landscape. Follow the growth of seeds into plants, the life cycles of different insects and the migration patterns of birds. Not to mention the tree itself, constantly changing, shedding bark (and leaves of course) growing lichen and the centrepiece for this splendid book – brilliant! Find out about unusual facts – did you know that scorpions can wait up to a year for their next meal? Leaf Litter is a fascinating insight into the natural world. Alexa Dretzke is from Readings Hawthorn