A stunning picture book and CD for Christmas, with Julia Donaldsonreading her perfect heartfelt rhyme. With gorgeous, atmospheric illustrations, and four Christmas songs,including a brand-new composition by Julia, this beautiful, movingstory brims with festivity and hope.

Interested in the origins of the species? Consider the Platypus uses pets such as dogs and cats as well as animal outliers like the axolotl and naked mole rat to wittily tackle mind-bending concepts about how evolution, biology, and genetics work.

In this frank and thorough look at the relationship between humans and the cats, Danz integrates the past history of the cougar, its behaviour, habits and interaction with other species, with current conditions and discusses the continued existential probabilities for it as a wild animal.

Juno Salazar Parrenas traces the ways in which colonialism and decolonization shape relations between humans and nonhumans at a Malaysian orangutan rehabilitation center, contending that considering rehabilitation from an orangutan perspective will shift conservation biology from ultimately violent investments in population growth and toward a feminist sense of welfare.

In this book John Fletcher describes the evolution, species, habitats, behaviour and diet of the deer, as well as its portrayal in art and influence on popular culture, myth and song.

Arranged in chapters covering physical characteristics, senses, lifecycle, communication, behaviour and working dogs, Dogs is a hugely informative visual celebration of man's best friend. With fascinating captions on every page, even dog lovers will learn something new.

From the Azteca to the Appaloosa, Choctaw to the Palomina, and from rare breeds such as the Polish Konik to the semi-feral Pyrenean Pottok, Horses celebrates a wide variety of breeds from all around the world. Each photograph is accompanied by a caption with fascinating information about the characteristics of each breed.