Deadly Detectives: Top Tips to Track Wildlife (Steve Backshall's Deadly series)

Steve Backshall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1444006436 ISBN 13: 9781444006438

Publisher: Orion Children's Books, 2013

Finding wildlife is rarely easy - unless you're Steve Backshall! In DEADLY DETECTIVES Steve tells young trackers everything they need to know about the origins of tracking, what you need to become a tracker and how to do it, whether the wild world is your own back garden, ancient woodlands, the riverside or coast. He illustrates his tips with examples of his own detective work on land and in the water from tropical rainforests to the African Savannah, from the Arctic tundra to the desert. Join him as footsteps, feeding habits and even a pile of pooh reveal snow leopards, crocodiles, gators, snakes and polar bears, while closer to home you can track foxes, squirrels, badgers and birds, using exactly the same techniques.

Review:

The enthusiasm and expertise he has for his subject ... is evident in this excellent book (School Librarian)

Plenty to inform and entertain (BBC Wildlife)

Backshall shows kids how to follow in his footsteps and track wildlife closer to home in a lavish new gift book. (THE BOOKSELLER)

Everything from how to find animals to basic survival techniques in a fun and highly educational book sure to tempt even the most reluctant reader. (THE BOOKBAG)

Book Description:

A lavish full colour gift book in which BAFTA AWARD-winning DEADLY 60 presenter, Steve Backshall, shows you how to follow in his footsteps and become a deadly detective tracking animals all around the world, from your own back garden to the Amazon rain forests and Arctic tundra.