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Invertebrates are fascinating, their shapes and behaviour intriguing. Some species are vital as pollinators of our crops and garden flowers, or control insect pests, including aphids. In this poetry collection, the author takes us into the English countryside, its hedges and roads sides, woodlands, grasslands, dunes, ponds and rivers, in search of these creatures. Most are very familiar to us - butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, slugs and snails, as well as the slowly marching millipede or scuttling centipede - all vital players in the ecosystem, often overlooked and underappreciated. Either way, they all have their place in the great scheme of things on planet Earth, its biodiversity and rhythms.

Paul Brooke, a former biologist and naturalist, explores the Amazon and Pantanal region of Brazil through photography and poetry, studying the culture and natural history of the area. The photographs chronicle the amazing beauty and danger, and the poems address pressing environmental issues such as deforestation, extinction and urbanization.