The Golden Mole: And Other Living Treasure: 'A Rare and Magical Book.' Bill Bryson
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By Katherine Rundell, and and, Talya Baldwin
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‘A rare and magical book. I didn’t want it to end.’ Bill Bryson
‘A total miracle.’ Max Porter
‘A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth’s wondrous creatures.’ Observer
’Rundell’s pen is gold-tipped.’ Sunday Times
- SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR **
The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings.
In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why.
A lavishly illustrated collection of the lives of some of the Earth’s most astounding animals, The Golden Mole is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck – to reckon with the beauty of the world, its fragility, and its strangeness.
A swift flies two million kilometres in its lifetime. That’s far enough to get to the moon and back twice over – and then once more to the moon. A pangolin keeps its tongue furled in a pouch by its hip, a Greenland shark can live five hundred years, a wombat once inspired a love poem.
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This is non fiction.
As I read this I found myself highlighting so many nuanced and exciting phrases and sentences to inspire creative writing.
So often the prompts I offer my KS3 classes are fictional. But reading this made me reconsider my use of make believe…maybe the world is fascinating enough and would spark something in our students to know that nature can be stranger than fiction.
