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Finding Home

Amazing Places Animals Live
By Mike Unwin
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Longlisted for the 2025 Children's Wrainwright Prize for Non-Fiction Take a tour of 20 unforgettable animal homes: unearth polar bear dens deep beneath the Arctic snow, soar above eagle nests as big as cars and marvel at the remoras that make themselves comfortable on the ocean's... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Take a tour of 20 unforgettable animal homes: unearth polar bear dens deep beneath the Arctic snow, soar above eagle nests as big as cars and marvel at the remoras that make themselves comfortable on the ocean's deadliest predators.

Take a tour of 20 unforgettable animal homes: unearth polar bear dens deep beneath the Arctic snow, soar above eagle nests as big as cars and marvel at the remoras that make themselves comfortable on the ocean's deadliest predators.

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Longlisted for the 2025 Children's Wrainwright Prize for Non-Fiction

Take a tour of 20 unforgettable animal homes: unearth polar bear dens deep beneath the Arctic snow, soar above eagle nests as big as cars and marvel at the remoras that make themselves comfortable on the ocean's deadliest predators.

Finding Home is a celebration of animals and their drive to survive no matter the oddsβ€”finding shelter in every nook and cranny on Earth, from the obvious to the unusual. With rich, vivid non-fiction storytelling and arresting illustrations, this is an essential collection for anyone fascinated by animals and the wild ways they live.

A stunning sequel from Mike Unwin and Jenni Desmond, the internationally bestselling duo behind Migration.

β€˜Evocative’ – Armadillo Magazine

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526638281

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Jenni Desmond

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 242.0mm

Height: 310.0mm

Weight: 720g

Pages: 48

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About the Author

Mike Unwin, a UK Travel Writer of the Year, is the author of more than 30 books on the subject, including the Encyclopedia of Birds (Bloomsbury) and Southern African Wildlife (Bradt).

Jenni Desmond won the 2015 Best Emerging Talent Award and her debut Red Cat, Blue Cat won the Cambridgeshire Read it Again! Award in 2012. Her moving title The Polar Bear became a 'New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book' of the year.

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