"Busy, joyous and richly decorative" - Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times

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​​The Guardian: "In this gorgeous non-fiction picture book for 5+ a girl and her grandpa walk to the beach, noticing grasshoppers, dragonflies & the aftermath of a fire, & discuss the delights & dangers of the hot, hot summer. Boundless blues & vivid yellows impart a sunlit heat that rises off the page, while the story addresses the changing climate with openness & hope."

This ecology story book for primary school age children is written by Penny Worms and illustrated by Hannah Bailey. I was consultant editor. 

The book blends non-fiction with story telling, exploring keystone species that have special 'superpowers' and explains how these help keep whole ecosystems healthy.
​It's been recommended by the Sunday Times and it's been endorsed by the British Ecological Society. ​

​Some profits from the book will help young people from less privileged places into careers in ecology. The book has won the KS1 Best Curriculum Support Award from @booksfortopics. ​It can be pre-ordered here. 

There are translated overseas editions of these 4 books in: French, Dutch, German, Romanian, US English, South Korean and Chinese. More editions to come.

Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up is a follow up to our popular children's book, Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story. It is written for children [4-6 ish] in the same format, combining story telling with science and natural history.

A story of discoveries of seasonal wildlife in a family nature garden, followed by a non-fiction science section on plants, mammals and the Earth in temperate areas in spring. We introduce pollination, metamorphosis, plant life cycles, animal behaviour, phenology, climate & ideas for children to learn and do.
Busy Spring was voted a Best Innovative Non Fiction Book of 2021 by 400 judges on @inclusiveStoryTime. It is available in shops, online & at: UKBookshop  

‘Autumn Feast’ is our latest children’s nature book - published in August 2024.
This story follows a family who go exploring and foraging on a blustery autumn day, as their local park turns into a flurry of red, orange, pink and gold. They are enchanted by the sights and sounds around them – crunchy leaves, a feast of nuts and fruits, and the children discover lots of plants, animals and fungi and how they are preparing for cooler months.
We introduce animal behaviour, evolutionary adaptations and plant science, throughout the story and in the non-fiction section. This book stars an LGBTQ+ family. It is available in shops, online & at: UKBookshop  

"The child-appeal of Funny Bums, Freaky Beaks and Other Amazing Creature Features (Welbeck) isn’t limited to the title – this compelling compendium of animals is grouped by body parts from strange toes to perplexing necks, with lively text... and intricate, vibrant illustrations."
- The Guardian​​

Wild Summer: Life in the Heat

Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story

"This compendium intrigues and delights the reader. It celebrates evolution and creates a feeling of awe and wonder at the variety of the natural world. The book informs and inspires and can be dipped into again and again. Highly recommended for children aged 6+" 
​- The English Society 

Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up

Winter Sleep was long-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal and is a year 1 + 2 'Power Of Reading' recommended top choice with the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education. They've put together lesson plans on it: https://clpe.org.uk/powerofreading​

A boy and his gran share a woodland adventure and discover where life disappears to in winter. A non fiction section explains more about different ways animals get through winter: hibernation, torpor, diapause, brumation and more. Illustrations by Cinyee Chiu. This book was the first in our popular Seasons in the Wild series, each one combining story telling with science. 

International editions and book translations

The Most Important Animal of All

"A laugh-out-loud compendium of animals with bizarre body parts that serve a vital function.

Funny Bums, Freaky Beaks is a heart-warming reminder of the power of being different."
​- A Waterstones 
​top nature book pick. 

Bringing wildlife closer

Alex Morss

Funny Bums, Freaky Beaks is a No. 1 best seller

​"Behind every kid that knows all the animal facts, there is a well-thumbed compendium like this one. 

Full to the brim with all sorts of extraordinary adaptations, the authors take us on a journey across body parts through page-after-page of lavishly illustrated spreads."
​- BBC Wildilfe Magazine

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Wild Summer is a Guardian top pick and it's been voted 'Best of 2022: Innovative Non Fiction' by the @InclusiveStoryTime reviews community on Instagram. 
We gently introduce lots of examples of the impacts of a warming climate on wildlife, ways life has adapted to heat, some of the challenges they now face, and ways we can help. 

Funny Bums reviews:

Why blend in, when you were born to stand out? Here is wonder, nature & amazing science, told in animal voices. ​ Funny Bums, Freaky Beaks is our number 1 best selling science and nature book. It is a celebration of difference & weirdness. It is also now available in paperback, and there is a Dutch edition [Grappige Billen, Gekke Bekken] and American English edition [Funny Butts, Freaky Beaks]. Our book is a Guardian top pick in non fiction books for children.  

It's another collaboration with my writing buddy Sean and this time the brilliantly cheeky illustrator Sarah. It is written for children aged 5-10, but reviews indicate that preschoolers & grown ups are enjoying it too. ​This book was created during a challenging time, for me & the world, a weird period when ideas of 'normal' were turned on their head, when many of us found a welcome distraction in being reminded of how extraordinary the natural world is.

Our book has spent several months as the Amazon UK Number 1 'most wished for' children's book on zoology and number 1 best selling children's zoology book. You should be able to order it on this link and at most good bookshops: UKBookshop  Huge thanks to everyone who has supported and loved this book. We are with quite a small/new independent publisher who believed in us when no-one else did, and this book got to the number 1 spot in a pandemic without a marketing budget and no funded promotion, with no literary tours of fancy festivals, just with a lot of passion from everyone involved and kind interest from book reviewers :-) 

Autumn Feast: Nature's Harvest