Wild Cities

By Ben Lerwill, Harriet Hobday (illustrator),

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Picture a city. What do you see? Traffic and towering buildings? Or maybe you imagine something a little . . . wilder?

These are the astonishing stories of the animals who are adapting to live in our urban world - and how you can help them to thrive.

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1 author picked Wild Cities as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

My child says this is a stunning book with nicely sketched illustrations and good details about which wildlife you can find in different cities around the world.

He keeps it by his bedside for bedtime reading and thinks other kids would like it because it is colourful and calming.

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