Sir David Attenborough in a hot air balloon over the Alps from the new TV series Planet Earth II.
By Kiran Dass
If you like Planet Earth II (see pages 6 and 7), you might also like these books:
H is for Hawk, by Helen MacDonald
When her father unexpectedly died, a grief-stricken MacDonald developed an obsessive desire to train a goshawk, known as a "murderous, difficult to tame, sulky creature," as a way of working through her grief.
White Fang by Jack London
White Fang navigates the cold, barren landscape in this enduring classic which explores animal instinct, bravery and primitive naturalism as it charts the wolf-dog's journey from the wild to domestication.
A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees, by Dave Goulson
A passionate and lyrical look at history's relationship to the bumblebee, this book also weaves in tales of Goulson's childhood fascination with wildlife and highlights his exclusive research on the short-haired bumblebee.
My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell
A delightful autobiographical account of Durrell's time on the island with his widowed mother, siblings and a motley gang of toads, tortoises, bats, butterflies, scorpions, geckos, ladybirds, glow-worms, octopuses and rose-beetles to name but a few.
Born Free, by Joy Adamson (1960)
Elsa the Kenyan lioness became world famous when her story was immortalised in Adamson's account of raising and training the orphaned cub.
Ebony Lamb performs Successful Feelings. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Locals Only