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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Huw Lewis-Jones
A compelling visual anthology of one of photography's most popular subjects, reframing our understanding of why we photograph animals and why photographing them matters to us and the planet.
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A team of distinguished and internationally acclaimed writers and illustrators share their personal insights into the maps they love, the maps they use and the maps that set them dreaming.
Huw Lewis Jones
Blue Badger and the Beautiful Berry is the latest Blue Badger book, in which the Blue Badger learns he must share his berries with a new badger in town.
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Whether white, or black, or blue. Blue Badger’s not sure what to do. Badger has a lot on his mind… and something on his bottom…
In this bitingly refreshing picture book, Bad Apple faces his greatest challenge yet: festive cheer.
Huw Lewis Jones,Ben Sanders
The third title in the laugh-out-loud series of picture books starring Bad Apple, a truly terrible piece of fruit who in his latest bad-tempered adventure looks to spoil a birthday…
The first title in a laugh-out-loud new series of picture books starring a truly terrible piece of fruit.
Huw Lewis Jones, Sam Caldwell
Do Penguins Like the Cold? takes readers on an intrepid field trip to Antarctica and beyond to discover the secret life of penguins.
From polar-exploring author Huw Lewis Jones and award-winning illustrator Ben Sanders comes a lovable new tale about a curious penguin trying to find his place in the cosmos. Clive Penguin…
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Intrepid readers are invited on a field trip into the wild to discover whether wolves are as big and bad as we think they are.
Field guide and intrepid explorer Huw Lewis Jones and wildlife illustrator Sam Caldwell take readers out into the wild to discover all there is to know and love about the…
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This beautifully presented and fully illustrated new collection presents many English-language favourites, some old and some newly made, to try twisting your tongue to.
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In this specially-commissioned anthology, sixty accomplished authors share secrets and insights into their writing lives: on their inspirations, methods, wild ideas and daily routines; on the pleasure and the pain…
A new atlas of imaginary islands conjured up by an international gathering of illustrators, including work by Coralie Bickford-Smith, Bill Bragg, Marion Deuchars, Chris Riddell, Maisie Paradise Shearring, Herve Tullet…
In this volume, world-class writers and illustrators share their personal visions when it comes to maps. They speak to the reader not only through the maps that appear in the…
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Huw Lewis-Jones (Falmouth University, UK)
Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes.
Huw Lewis-Jones,Kari Herbert
Despite dramatic advances in technology and equipment over the years, there is one vital piece of kit in most explorers’ pockets that hasn’t changed - the journal. In this title…
In Blue Badger & The Big Breakfast, we rejoin Badger, who is no longer feeling sad and is enjoying a big blueberry breakfast. It also looks like Badger might have…
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A Quokka for the Queen is a hilarious children’s picture book which teaches the joy of giving and making other people happy.
From polar-exploring author Huw Lewis Jones and award-winning illustrator Ben Sanders comes a hilarious new picture book about a greedy crocodile who doesn’t know when to stop!
Croc-a-doodle-doo! is a hilarious sing-a-long book starring a cheeky crocodile, based on the song Old MacDonald Had a Farm.
Despite dramatic advances in technology and equipment over the centuries, there is one vital piece of kit in most explorers’ pockets that hasn’t changed much at all - the journal…
Who's ever heard of a penguin that doesn't like the cold? Surrounded by the same old snow day in day out and always bloomin' freezing, Clive Penguin wishes he was…
Apple is back for more hilarious and bad-tempered adventures in this latest rhyming romp in the Bad Apple series.
Rhys Jones,Huw Lewis
This book develops a novel approach to the study of language, bringing it into dialogue with the latest geographical concepts and concerns and provides a comprehensive account of the geography…
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First published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by Thames & Hudson Ltd. –Title page verso.
A captivating compendium of rare and exquisite first-hand records of ocean voyages around the world and in different ages, providing a fascinating insight into exploration and adventure at sea.
