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Shortlist 2023

A Wild Child’s Book of Birds

By Dara McAnulty and Barry Falls

This beautifully illustrated book by young naturalist Dara McAnulty takes readers through a year in the life of the birds in Britain and Ireland. It is divided into four seasonal sections; find out what birds do in each season while learning about birdsong, beaks, nesting, the science of flight, migration, attracting birds to your garden, and recording what you see.

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About Dara McAnulty and Barry Falls

Dara McAnulty is a naturalist, conservationist and activist from Northern Ireland. He’s received many awards for his conservation work, including from BBC Springwatch, The Daily Mirror and Birdwatch magazine. He’s written and presented numerous natural history programmes for BBC radio and television, and become an ambassador for the RSPCA, the iWill campaign and the Jane Goodall Institute. Dara is the youngest-ever recipient of the RSPB medal for conservation. He lives with his family and Rosie the rescue-greyhound at the foot of the Mourne Mountains in County Down. His first book Diary of a Young Naturalist won the 2020 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.

Barry Falls is an award-winning commercial illustrator, working with clients such as The New York Times, American Airlines and The Telegraph. His first book, It’s Your World Now! was published in 2019.