Off the shelf
WHERE BIRDS SING AND WILDFLOWERS DANCE
JASON TYNDALL, NATURE PLAY SA, $49.95
In case we didn’t know it already, the events of the past year have highlighted the importance of connection with the great outdoors. As this book from Nature Play SA, a not-for-profit aimed at encouraging children into the fresh air, landed on our desk, half of Australia was in lockdown. So it was an exquisite form of torture to flick through the pages of this field guide to South Australia’s national parks. It’s part poetry anthology, part inspirational thought, blended with beautiful photography and illustrations of the plants and animals that inhabit the parks.
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU?
DR NORMAN SWAN, HACHETTE AUSTRALIA, $32.99
What does Norman think? They say that in
