Birds, mammals, amphibians, insects – so many animals all around! We might see them by the roadside , if only we knew how to look!

We are constantly surrounded by creatures quite out of the ordinary. Citizens of the earth, they can be small, discreet, and hard to spot. Yet still, here they are, alive and well and all around us! And although we can't always see them, that makes our rare meetings all the more precious and fortuitous. All we have to do is wait patiently, and who knows? Around a bend in the road, perhaps... This poetic book is a naturalist's invitation to keep our eyes open, ever ready for such encounters, brief as they might be. Their magic is unparalleled. How can we imagine the natural world without such little lives and sounds? Come outside, let’s look for them together!