The Secret Life of Bats

The night's quiet hunters

A story about Britain's only truly flying mammal — how it hunts in the dark, raises its tiny pup, and sleeps away the whole winter. Step outside at dusk, and the adventure might flicker right past you.

20 pages

The Secret Life of the Common Frog

From a dot of jelly to a four-legged hunter

A story about one of Britain's most magical pond animals — and the astonishing change it goes through in a single year. It begins as a tiny dot inside a blob of jelly and ends as a four-legged hunter with a lightning tongue. Peer into a garden pond in spring, and the adventure might be starting right there.

9 pages

The Silent Hunter of the Fields

How the barn owl hunts the dark

Meet the barn owl — a pale, ghostly hunter that drifts over the fields at dusk without making a single sound. It has a face shaped like a heart, ears that can hear a mouse in the dark, and wings so soft they hush the air. Let's follow it through one quiet night.

9 pages

The Secret City of the Honeybee

A hive of fifty thousand, working as one

Peek inside a single beehive and you will find a whole city — tens of thousands of bees, all working together as one. This is the story of the honeybee (Apis mellifera): how she builds in wax, dances to share secrets, turns flowers into golden honey, and keeps her family warm through the coldest winter.

9 pages

The Hedgehog's Year

A spiny little gardener and its long winter sleep

A story about Britain's only spiny mammal — how it snuffles through the dark, feasts in autumn, sleeps away the whole winter, and raises a family of tiny hoglets. Step into a garden at dusk, and you might just hear one bustling by.

9 pages