Atlas of Amazing Migrations

(Hardback)

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Matt Sewell returns with a sumptuous celebration of the most amazing migrating mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects and even plants who battle through Earth's toughest conditions to make extreme journeys. Gorgeously illustrated in Matt's signature watercolours and described with wit and charm, animal lovers will treasure this amazing atlas.
Matt Sewell is back with a sumptuous celebration of our planets most extreme journeys. This is his own personal selection of the most amazing mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects and even plants that battle through the Earths toughest conditions in order to survive.

Follow flocks of arctic terns on their annual 40,000-kilometre journey between the Earths poles. Join the monarch butterflies on their famous pilgrimage from Canada to Mexico. Awe at wildebeest, humpback whales, salmon, dragonflies and more. Find out how they navigate themselves on their impressive journeys chemicals, the sun and/or the Earths magnetic field.

Gloriously illustrated in Matts signature watercolours, and described with his usual wit and charm, this is one book for any animal lover to treasure.

Reviews

A celebration of the most extreme journeys undertaken by our planets inhabitants

The Bookseller

'Absolutely beautiful! An #IfKidsHadCoffeeTables book if ever I saw one'

Little Literary Society

'Beautiful and informative'

Nicolette Jones

'Gloriously illustrated'

The Reader Teacher

Beautiful, informative and entertaining, this encyclopaedia of migrations from blue whales, to arctic terns, to monarch butterflies is a glorious gift for animal lovers A treasure trove of insights and visual delights that will have young animal-lovers poring over it for hours Packed with fascinating facts delivered in an engaging, witty style

LoveReading4Kids

This is an absolute treasure of a book. As with the rest of this series, Matt Sewells signature watercolour illustrations are simply sublime and add real excitement to the pages

Library Girl and Book Boy

Author Bio

Matt Sewell, author of the bestselling Our Garden Birds (Ebury, 2012), has illustrated for the Guardian, Big Issue and the V&A amongst many others; painted and exhibited in London, Manchester, New York, Tokyo and Paris, as well as being an avid ornithologist and regular contributor to the Caught by the River website. He lives in Shrewsbury with his partner and young daughter.