The Golden Mole, 9780571395316
Hardcover
Fall in love with Earth’s vanishing wonders, lavishly illustrated.
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The Golden Mole

and Other Vanishing Treasure ('A rare and magical book.' Bill Bryson)

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  • Hardcover

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    2 March 2026

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Summary

A lavish edition of Katherine Rundell’s gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary, featuring three new additions to the treasure trove of vanishing wonders.

‘Exquisite and timely.’ Maggie O’Farrell ‘A rare and magical book. I didn’t want it to end.’ Bill Bryson ‘A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth’s wondrous creatures.’ Observer ‘A total miracle.’ Max Porter

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES AND FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAIN…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780571395316
ISBN-10:0571395317
Author:Katherine Rundell, Talya Baldwin
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Imprint:Faber & Faber
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:2 March 2026
Weight:618g
Dimensions:108mm x 387mm x 232mm
About The Author

Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell is a Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, and a quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She is the author of Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize; The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasure, which was shortlisted for both the Waterstones and Foyles Book of the Year awards, and Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise, all of which were Sunday Times bestsellers. Her award-winning books for children have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold over two million copies world wide. Her most recent children’s title, Impossible Creatures, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Children’s Book of the Year at the 2024 British Book Awards. She has written for, among others, the London Review of Books, the Times literary Supplement, the New York Review of Books and the New York Times, about books, the natural world and night climbing.

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