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Learn all about rewilding and how nature fights back even when it appears to have been wiped out. Discover how farmland grows back into forest, deserted cities turn into wilderness, and life appears on volcanoes which erupt from the sea.
Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.
Text type: An information book
Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities
Bitten by a crocodile, charged by giant otters and chased up a tree by peccary wild boars in the Amazon, Simon Chapman is a self-confessed jungle addict. He has trekked through untouched rainforests around the world but also seen the damage that people have done to them. His inspiration for his book, Nature Fights Back, comes from seeing how wild nature hangs on and can go on to thrive even when seemingly devastated by fire, pollution or logging.
Kids will love this hilarious fairy tale adventure packed with clever twists, familiar characters and page-turning fun.
The second book in a fabulous new magical, middle-grade series filled with adventure, wonder and wildness,
This is Book 834 in the Collins Big Cat Series. See all Collins Big Cat books here.
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Simon has been entertaining adults and children with stories of his real-life adventures since the publication of Monsters of the Madidi in 2001. His Explorers Wanted series has been enjoyed by readers all over the world. Browse his site www.simonsjungle.co.uk to find quizzes, pictures and video of SImon's expeditions.
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