Cet auteur mélange magistralement des éléments d'aventure avec un aperçu profond de la psyché humaine. Sa prose est remplie de suspense et de rebondissements inattendus qui entraînent le lecteur dans un tourbillon d'événements. Avec un sens aigu du détail et une touche d'humour, il dépeint des personnages à la fois fragiles et forts. Ses œuvres explorent les limites de la résilience humaine et l'aspiration à la liberté dans des conditions difficiles.
The story follows four small water voles as they undertake a challenging journey along the Great River, searching for a safe place to call home. Along the way, they face various dangers and adventures that test their resilience and friendship. The narrative is complemented by beautiful black and white illustrations by Simon Mendez, enhancing the enchanting atmosphere of their quest.
Water voles are small, brownish, bewhiskered and charming. Made famous by 'Ratty' in The Wind in the Willows, once they were a ubiquitous part of our waterways. They were a totem of our rivers. Now, however, they are nearly gone. This is their story, and the story of a conservationist with a wild hope: that he could bring them back. Tom Moorhouse spent eleven years beside rivers, fens, canals, lakes and streams, researching British wildlife. Quite a lot of it tried to bite him. He studied four main species - two native and endangered, two invasive and endangering - beginning with water voles. He wanted to solve their conservation problems. He wanted to put things right. This book is about whether it worked, and what he learnt - and about what those lessons mean, not just for water voles but for all the world's wildlife. It is a book for anyone who has watched ripples spread on lazy waters, and wondered what moves beneath. Or who has waited in quiet hope for a rustle in the reeds, the munch of a stem, or the patter of unseen paws.
'A necessary nature book, with prose as sharp as prickles' John Lewis-Stempel In poll after poll hedgehogs come out top as Britain's favourite mammal. And yet their numbers have been in freefall, estimated to have halved in less than twenty years. Why? Who or what is responsible for the disappearance of so many thousands of hedgehogs in recent decades? Hopeful and informative, in a story full of twists, turns and uncomfortable truths, conservationist Tom Moorhouse explores the trade-offs that exist between humans and wildlife. And, drawing on insights from other hedgehog experts, he hands readers the toolkit necessary to help bring our prickly friends back.
Nachdem die Schermäuse Sylvan, Orris und Aven gemeinsam mit ihrem Freund, der Ratte Fodur, endlich ein neues Territorium im Marschland gefunden haben, ist etwas Zeit vergangen. Seit Wochen regnet es unaufhörlich, und die Wasser steigen und steigen. Als Avens Kinder Kale und Streif eines Tages verschwunden sind, machen sich Sylvan und Fodur gemeinsam auf die Suche nach ihnen - und geraten erneut in große Gefahr. Denn diesmal ist der Große Fluss nicht ihr Vertrauter, sondern ihr Feind. Am Ende jedoch wartet eine freudige Überraschung auf sie: Sylvans verlorengeglaubte Schwester Fern ist am Leben!