Ben Rothery – illustratör

A stunning showcase of the world's butterflies and moths, debuting one of the UK's finest natural history illustrators, Ben Rothery.Butterflies and moths are some of the most amazing creatures in nature.There are over 180,000 different kinds and they can be found on every continent except the Antarctic.From Monarchs to swallowtails, Blue Morphos to birdwings, the intricate beauty of butterflies spans the globe and yet also settles close to home in a child's garden, local park or window box.This large-format book brings the vibrancy and ecosystem of butterflies to life with simple text and gorgeous illustrations, covering the key butterfly and moth families and including scores of fascinating facts.Learn the unique way that butterflies see, or be amazed by the multiple double-page spreads showing wingspans in sensational detail.Also available: Hidden Planet, Ben Rothery's Weird and Wonderful Animals, Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals and Water World.

A stunning deep dive into the worlds great oceans and the incredible aquatic lifeforms that live in them!Life on Earth is shaped by water, and only survives here because of it, but our ocean ecosystems are at the epicentre of global warming. This enormous blue wilderness contains somewhere between half and three quarters of all life on Earth, including the biggest and most numerous creatures to ever live. But more than 90 per cent of Earth's warming since 1950 occurred in oceans, despite their vast capacity to absorb heat and CO2.Framed by the need to protect our fragile oceans, Water World is natural-history illustrator Ben Rothery's rich exploration of the creatures from the coastal and offshore waters of the world - from penguins, seagulls, polar bears and seahorses, to plankton, sharks and deep-sea beings. Discover the longest migration and the loudest animal on Earth, and learn how our own actions affect the ocean, its inhabitants and our whole planet.Fun to read together or independently, this beautifully illustrated book is perfect for nature-lovers of all ages.

How BIG are the wings of a golden eagle? How STRONG is the bite of a saltwater crocodile?What makes a chameleon or ant so threatening, and which creature is deadliest to humans despite its tiny size?Discover the world's most dangerous and deadly creatures with award-winning illustrator Ben Rothery. Packed with stunning illustrations and fascinating facts, this incredible book is the perfect Christmas gift for nature lovers.Made to be both shared and read independently, this book introduces children to some of the most amazing creatures on our planet and their deadly secrets!Also available: Hidden Planet, Sensational Butterflies, Ben Rothery's Weird and Wonderful Animals, Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals and Water World.

How BIG are the wings of a golden eagle? How STRONG is the bite of a saltwater crocodile?What makes a chameleon or ant so threatening, and which creature is deadliest to humans despite its tiny size?Discover the world's most dangerous and deadly creatures with award-winning illustrator Ben Rothery. Packed with stunning illustrations and fascinating facts, this incredible book is the perfect Christmas gift for nature lovers.Made to be both shared and read independently, this book introduces children to some of the most amazing creatures on our planet and their deadly secrets!Also available: Hidden Planet, Sensational Butterflies, Ben Rothery's Weird and Wonderful Animals, Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals and Water World.

Discover the weirdest and most wonderful creatures of Planet Earth!In this curated collection, award-winning illustrator Ben Rothery pairs fascinating facts with his stunning artwork to bring you the most incredible creatures in the animal kingdom. From the bone-crunching beard vulture to the venomous platypus and to the miscroscopic tardigrade that can survive for up to 30 years without food or waterand many, many more , you'll enjoy exploring just how weird and how wonderful the world of animals can be!

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.

A stunning deep dive into the worlds great oceans and the incredible aquatic lifeforms that live in them!Life on Earth is shaped by water, and only survives here because of it, but our ocean ecosystems are at the epicentre of global warming. This enormous blue wilderness contains somewhere between half and three quarters of all life on Earth, including the biggest and most numerous creatures to ever live. But more than 90 per cent of Earth's warming since 1950 occurred in oceans, despite their vast capacity to absorb heat and CO2.Framed by the need to protect our fragile oceans, Water World is natural-history illustrator Ben Rothery's rich exploration of the creatures from the coastal and offshore waters of the world - from penguins, seagulls, polar bears and seahorses, to plankton, sharks and deep-sea beings. Discover the longest migration and the loudest animal on Earth, and learn how our own actions affect the ocean, its inhabitants and our whole planet.Fun to read together or independently, this beautifully illustrated book is perfect for nature-lovers of all ages.