Adventures of a Young Naturalist

A marvellous book … unputdownable … utterly engaging. * Telegraph *An elegant and gently funny writer. * The Times *This is a great book for anyone who wants to vicariously travel like an old-fashioned adventurer and seeks to understand how far we have come in developing a protective attitude to wildlife * New York Times *Utterly engaging … immensely colourful and dramatic * Daily Mail *A beautiful new edition … of our favourite naturalist’s account of his travels for the BBC * Mail on Sunday *Full of Attenborough’s trademark enthusiasm, wit and intelligence, it’s a natural history fan’s treat. * Sunday Express *His writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praise. * Daily Express *A great educator as well as a great naturalist. * Barack Obama *Sir David is a wizard of television, and, like Gandalf or Dumbledore, he has a near-magical gift for combining warmth and gravitas … the man who, for me, exemplifies the best in British broadcasting. * Louis Theroux *When I was a young boy I used to love turning on the television and watching David’s programmes and really feeling like I was either back out in Africa or I was learning about something magical and almost out of this planet * Prince William *A charming period piece * Times *A marvellous book … unputdownable … utterly engaging. * Telegraph *An elegant and gently funny writer. * The Times *This is a great book for anyone who wants to vicariously travel like an old-fashioned adventurer and seeks to understand how far we have come in developing a protective attitude to wildlife * New York Times *Utterly engaging … immensely colourful and dramatic * Daily Mail *A beautiful new edition … of our favourite naturalist’s account of his travels for the BBC * Mail on Sunday *Full of Attenborough’s trademark enthusiasm, wit and intelligence, it’s a natural history fan’s treat. * Sunday Express *His writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praise. * Daily Express *A great educator as well as a great naturalist. * Barack Obama *Sir David is a wizard of television, and, like Gandalf or Dumbledore, he has a near-magical gift for combining warmth and gravitas … the man who, for me, exemplifies the best in British broadcasting. * Louis Theroux *When I was a young boy I used to love turning on the television and watching David’s programmes and really feeling like I was either back out in Africa or I was learning about something magical and almost out of this planet * Prince William *A charming period piece * Times *A marvellous book … unputdownable … utterly engaging. * Telegraph *An elegant and gently funny writer. * The Times *This is a great book for anyone who wants to vicariously travel like an old-fashioned adventurer and seeks to understand how far we have come in developing a protective attitude to wildlife * New York Times *Utterly engaging … immensely colourful and dramatic * Daily Mail *A beautiful new edition … of our favourite naturalist’s account of his travels for the BBC * Mail on Sunday *Full of Attenborough’s trademark enthusiasm, wit and intelligence, it’s a natural history fan’s treat. * Sunday Express *His writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praise. * Daily Express *A great educator as well as a great naturalist. * Barack Obama *Sir David is a wizard of television, and, like Gandalf or Dumbledore, he has a near-magical gift for combining warmth and gravitas … the man who, for me, exemplifies the best in British broadcasting. * Louis Theroux *When I was a young boy I used to love turning on the television and watching David’s programmes and really feeling like I was either back out in Africa or I was learning about something magical and almost out of this planet * Prince William *A charming period piece * Times *

Sir David Attenborough is a broadcaster and naturalist whose television career is now in its seventh decade. Over that time he has established himself as the world’s leading natural history programme maker with multiple landmark television series to his name. His recent book, A Life on Our Planet, co-authored with Jonnie Hughes, was an international bestseller.