Books by Catherine Barr
I write to encourage children to get involved in protecting our natural world. I absolutely love what I do and embrace the endlessly fascinating, collaborative journey of working with scientists, subject experts and the incredible illustrators and publishers who bring my ideas to life. I am a proud Patron of Reading for my local school. Prior to becoming an author I studied ecology before working with Greenpeace for many years on wildlife issues, focusing on sea turtles and other endangered species. Fascinated by nature and particularly the power of words, I studied journalism and became Editor, Exhibition researcher and writer at the Natural History Museum in London.
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The Tigers' Tale: a conservation story
Magnificent, powerful and mysterious, the tiger is one of the world's most iconic animals. It is also one of most endangered. For hundreds of years, they have been hunted, pushing them to the brink of extinction.This story told with stunningly beautiful illustrations by Tara Anand, tells the turbulent true tale of the disappearance of tigers from Panna Tiger Reserve in India and, finally, their heroic return. Readers will learn how tiger experts track tigers in the wild and the challenges of saving tigers today. All is not as it seems in the emerald forest … discover the Tigers‘ Tale.
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What jobs could YOU do? Pick things you enjoy doing and find your perfect job!
Do you love to get messy? Do you want to solve mysteries? Do you enjoy helping people? Or do you love to be in charge? Follow your imagination to discover lots of exciting jobs you could do - inspired by what you love.
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Invisible Nature: A secret World Beyond Our Senses
Sounds no-one can hear, scents no-one can smell, colours we can't see, magnetic waves we can't feel – but some animals can, and use them every day. Without 'invisible nature' life on our planet would not exist. This book reveals how animals use it, and also how humans have learned how to tap into its powers in all sorts of important ways.
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Let's Save the Amazon
Fearsome jaguars, sleepy sloths, delicious food and life-saving medicine make the Amazon rainforest one of the most incredible places on Earth. Discover how it helps in the fight against climate change and why we must save it from destruction. The second in an exciting climate change habitat series also including Antarctica, the Great Barrier Reef and Okavango Delta in Botswana.
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The Story of Life: a first book on evolution
Explore the science of life on Earth. Follow this book’s timeline to discover how the first living cell formed, cells multiplied, jellyfish and worms formed, and how fish with bendy necks dragged themselves out of water into swampy forests. Meet the dinosaurs and find out how hairy creatures take over, stand on two legs and spread around the world.
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Fourteen Wolves: a rewilding story
When wolves disappeared from Yellowstone Park in the 1930s, the ecosystem started to collapse. Enormous herds of elk swarmed the plains, bears starved, rabbit families shrunk and birds flew away to new homes. Plants vanished, trees withered and rivers meandered.
In 1995 wolves were returned to the park and everything began to change. This is the story of their homecoming.
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The Story of Climate Change
From the Earth’s first atmosphere and the beginnings of human-made pollution to today’s fight against the climate emergency, this picture book about climate change puts the role of people perspective in a geological story. It sets out to inspire its young readers to learn, understand and act to save our planet.
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Wildlife Crossings: Protecting animal pathways around the world
Our planet is criss-crossed by a network of ancient pathways reflecting the journeys of millions of animal species in search of food, water, safety and mates. But human development is blocking these vital ‘ribbons of life’. Animal habitats are shrinking into isolated and unconnected patches of nature.
In this book, track the journeys of seven amazing animals. Discover why they are in trouble, follow their journeys and find out how scientists and campaigners across the world creating ‘wildlife corridors’ to animals on the move.
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The Story of Dinosaurs: a first book about prehistoric beasts
The world was once full of magnificent beasts, big and small, who stomped across the land, soared through the skies and swam through waters deep and murky. Dinosaurs witnessed the shaping of our mountains, continents, seas and deserts and eventually an asteroid that would wipe out half of all life on Earth. This is the exciting and dramatic story of dinosaurs and how they lived on our planet, for an incredible 135 million years!
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WATER: Protect freshwater to save life on Earth
Freshwater bubbles and flow with the most wonderful life on Earth – all of us rely on it to stay alive. BUT today, because of pollution and climate change, it is becoming more and more difficult for people and animals to find the clean freshwater they need to survive.
It’s time to act! Discover the story of freshwater around the world – then use the ideas in this book to help protect the precious freshwater on our planet.