The Most Important Animal of All children's ecosystems and biodiversity book
The Most Important Animal of All children's ecosystems and biodiversity book
The Most Important Animal of All children's ecosystems and biodiversity book
The Most Important Animal of All children's ecosystems and biodiversity book
The Most Important Animal of All children's ecosystems and biodiversity book
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The Most Important Animal of All children's ecosystems and biodiversity book
The Most Important Animal of All children's ecosystems and biodiversity book
The Most Important Animal of All children's ecosystems and biodiversity book
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The Most Important Animal of All

£8.99

Discover the animals that make a world of difference.

Explore the connections that keep nature thriving with The Most Important Animal of All, an award-winning animal book for children aged 5 to 8. Combining an engaging classroom story with fascinating wildlife facts, it introduces young readers to ecosystems, biodiversity and the remarkable roles some animals play.

A teacher sets her class a challenge: decide which animal is the most important of all. Seven children champion a different contender, sharing what makes their chosen animal so extraordinary. Now it’s the reader’s turn to explore the evidence and decide.

Meet the seven contenders:

  • Bees: busy pollinators that help plants reproduce.

  • Bats: nighttime insect hunters and pollinators.

  • Elephants: landscape shapers that spread seeds as they roam.

  • Beavers: builders of dams that create watery habitats.

  • Tigers: predators that help keep food webs in balance.

  • Sharks: ocean predators with important roles in marine ecosystems.

  • Krill: tiny creatures that provide food for whales and many other sea animals.

Written by Penny Worms and beautifully illustrated by Hannah Bailey, this children’s nature book combines lively artwork with photographs showing animals up close and in their habitats. Information about the featured animals and other keystone species helps children discover how living things depend on one another.

Positive and thoughtful in tone, the book also offers a gentle introduction to habitat loss, endangered species and climate change. Its classroom challenge encourages questions, discussion and critical thinking, inviting children to explain their choices and consider different viewpoints.

A valuable choice for KS1 science, STEM learning, home education and shared reading, The Most Important Animal of All makes a thoughtful gift for young animal lovers who want to understand and care for the world around them.

Awards and recognition

  • Winner: Best Curriculum Support (KS1), BooksForTopics’ Best Books of 2021.

  • Endorsed by the British Ecological Society.

“Informative and inspiring.” — The Sunday Times

FREE SCHOOL RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE

Discover the animals that make a world of difference.

Explore the connections that keep nature thriving with The Most Important Animal of All, an award-winning animal book for children aged 5 to 8. Combining an engaging classroom story with fascinating wildlife facts, it introduces young readers to ecosystems, biodiversity and the remarkable roles some animals play.

A teacher sets her class a challenge: decide which animal is the most important of all. Seven children champion a different contender, sharing what makes their chosen animal so extraordinary. Now it’s the reader’s turn to explore the evidence and decide.

Meet the seven contenders:

  • Bees: busy pollinators that help plants reproduce.

  • Bats: nighttime insect hunters and pollinators.

  • Elephants: landscape shapers that spread seeds as they roam.

  • Beavers: builders of dams that create watery habitats.

  • Tigers: predators that help keep food webs in balance.

  • Sharks: ocean predators with important roles in marine ecosystems.

  • Krill: tiny creatures that provide food for whales and many other sea animals.

Written by Penny Worms and beautifully illustrated by Hannah Bailey, this children’s nature book combines lively artwork with photographs showing animals up close and in their habitats. Information about the featured animals and other keystone species helps children discover how living things depend on one another.

Positive and thoughtful in tone, the book also offers a gentle introduction to habitat loss, endangered species and climate change. Its classroom challenge encourages questions, discussion and critical thinking, inviting children to explain their choices and consider different viewpoints.

A valuable choice for KS1 science, STEM learning, home education and shared reading, The Most Important Animal of All makes a thoughtful gift for young animal lovers who want to understand and care for the world around them.

Awards and recognition

  • Winner: Best Curriculum Support (KS1), BooksForTopics’ Best Books of 2021.

  • Endorsed by the British Ecological Society.

“Informative and inspiring.” — The Sunday Times

FREE SCHOOL RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. The book is designed for young readers from around age 5 and explores ecosystems and biodiversity through an engaging question about the importance of different animals.

  • Children discover how animals contribute to ecosystems and why biodiversity matters. The book also encourages them to think about conservation and the connections between living things.

  • Is The Most Important Animal of All suitable for KS1 and KS2?

  • Publisher: Mama Makes Books
    ISBN: 9781838138141
    Number of pages: 40
    Dimensions: 275 x 235 x 5 mm
    Weight: 213 g
    Language: English

 
 
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Hannah Bailey

Hannah is an immensely talented illustrator and a rising star in children's books. In 2019, her book When the Whales Walked written by Dougal Dixon (Words & Pictures) won the SLA Children's Choice Award for 7 to 12 year olds.

She graduated in 2010 from Brighton University, and now lives and works in Somerset, UK.

Her illustrations begin with pencil sketches that are traced and each tiny shape and segment hand-cut into a stencil. She then uses vibrant inks to fill the shapes with texture and colour, digitalises the elements and rearranges them into a final composition.

Hannah is inspired by the natural world, growing things and history, specialising in non-fiction for children as well as editorial and food illustration. 

Represented by: The Artworks Agency