Wild Wonders: Celebrating the planet’s most misunderstood, unloved and overlooked animals - Hardcover

Rothery, Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241688957 ISBN 13: 9780241688953

Publisher: Ladybird, 2026

Synopsis

in his new book, Ben Rothery sets out to inform and inspire children to look after all the animals on this precious planet – not just the big, bold, beautiful ones, but the scary, ugly and utterly alien ones as well. From misunderstood animals like snakes and sharks, to detested creatures like maggots and hyenas, and from animals with unlucky associations like magpies, to those abandoned by us like orangutans, meet the animals that need and deserve our love.

About this title

About the Author

Ben Rothery is a detail-obsessed illustrator from Norwich, via Cape Town. He combines multiple processes to create intricate and delicate illustrations and repeating patterns, full of fine detail and vibrant colour.

Much of Ben's work is inspired or informed by his love of nature - he grew up wanting variously to be a shark, dinosaur or David Attenborough crossed with Indiana Jones, but settled upon illustration as a compromise that allowed him to bring those fantasies to life on paper.

Ben works from a small but perfectly formed studio in London, which he shares with an unnecessarily large collection of very sharp pencils.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ladybird
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241688957
• ISBN 13: 9780241688953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Rothery Ben
• Number of pages: 48