Atlas of Amazing Birds

Matt Sewell takes you on a world tour, exploring the most amazing birds on every continent
'No budding ornithologist should be without Matt Sewell's Atlas of Amazing Birds… sumptuous illustrations and brief captions tell us all we need to know.' The Telegraph

Matt Sewell, creator of Our Garden Birds, presents his personal selection of the most amazing birds from around the world. With witty descriptions and dazzling illustrations of every bird, this book is a super-colourful, song-filled, strange and stunning celebration of bird life.

Did you know that the bald eagle holds the record for the world's biggest nest – weighing more than two tons? When the elf owl gets into trouble, it plays dead rather than fighting? The Adelie penguin can hold its breath for six minutes and leap up to three metres out of the water?

Discover these and many more fascinating facts in this fabulous and beautiful book. Every bird chosen to appear in this book is amazing in its own individual way – birds that migrate thousands of miles, have strange and showy mating rituals, survive in extreme environments, are brilliant builders, are super-fast, super-brave or super-big!

Sections on each continent – Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, North America, South America and Antarctica – include maps to pore over. Travel the world to see magnificent eagles, resilient penguins, tiny hummingbirds, towering ostriches, stunning peacocks and many more.

“'Illustrated in beautiful and expressive watercolour ... This is a book to delight, intrigue and inspire as well as inform'”

'[The]text certainly doesn’t talk down to readers; its conversational style is engaging … An alluring volume for a wide age range, show-casing some of the avian wonders of the world.'

― Red Reading Hub

'This vibrant compendium celebrates the most amazing birds from around the world. The dazzling watercolour illustrations are accompanied by witty and informative observations that bring the birds to life … A stunning gift book for little nature lovers and a lovely book to share with the family'

― South Wales Evening Post

'No budding ornithologist should be without Matt Sewell’s Atlas of Amazing Birds, in which sumptuous illustrations and brief captions tell us all we need to know'

― The Telegraph, The Best New Children's Books to Buy for Christmas

'Absolutely fascinating … beautifully written … the illustrations are enchanting – colourful and quirky- really celebrating birds from around the world… This is a fascinating book which will keep young ornithologists happy for hours!’

― North Somerset Teacher's Book Awards

'Illustrated in beautiful and expressive watercolour … This is a book to delight, intrigue and inspire as well as inform'

― Lovereading4kids.co.uk

'Packed with Sewell’s eye-catching, watercolour illustrations, his irresistible wit and charm, and interesting facts and figures, this big, beautiful book includes the author’s personal selection of birds from around the world, all brought to life in his dazzling style … superbly produced and presented book… perfect as a gift and ideal as a teaching tool.'

― Lancashire Evening Post

'With gorgeous pictures and fun facts … this book is an inspiration for bird lovers and anyone wishing to learn more.'

― Juno Magazine

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.

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