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bbc wildlife magazine 2010 phần 8

Mỗi tháng sống cung cấp nội dung tươi, sáng tạo, và dễ tiếp cận. Đáng tin cậy như là nguồn tài nguyên đi để cho việc lựa chọn lối sống lành mạnh, tự nhiên, và bền vững, bài viết còn sống giải thích sức khỏe tự nhiên phức tạp và các chủ đề chăm sóc sức khỏe. | 2books JUST WHEN STORIES Edited by Tamara Gray Beautiful Books 448pp 14.99 ISBN 9781905636204 hbl A collection of short stories that hopes to help save its animal stars. Mary Evans Pitcure Library First things first. This anthology of new tales inspired by Rudyard Kipling and in aid of conservation charities asks the question When will the irrational and cruel destruction of wildlife stop Tamara Gray the editor emphasises the urgency The rhinoceros whale and leopard that feature at the heart of Kipling s Just So Stories now face imminent permanent oblivion. The value of the cause is not in doubt but is this book worth reading on its own merits It s been more than a century since Kipling wrote his short parables of Empire that lodged so deeply in English culture. Unlike Kipling s tales few in this collection really stand on their own as stories but those that speak of the wonderfully strange otherness of animal life are cracking. For example Anthony Doerr s sturgeon in the Latvian River Nemumas and Radhika Jha s crow on a Mumbai banyan tree have an enduring magic. The world and our attitudes to it have shifted radically since Kipling s age but he still exerts a This illustration for How the Rhinoceros powerful influence on anyone ị writing wildlife stories for children. Kipling gave animals human characteristics and this default Ị approach survives to this day. In the charming tales within Just Ị When Stories dolphins tortoises cranes and elephants still want to I walk like you talk like you 000-000-000. Perhaps we should have moved on from an anthropomorphic approach that denies the true nature of creatures for the sake of storytelling but good luck to this well-intentioned book. Verdict Paul Evans Nature writer BBC WILDLIFE SHOP Reader price 13.99. Subscriber price 12.99. Code W1110 06 Also out now. Britain s Butterflies This superb photographic guide to the butterflies of Britain and Ireland an update of the 2002 edition is packed with useful information yet .