Camilla de la bedoyere biography of mahatma
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It’s a pleasure to both attend and perform there. Some of my favourite work has been on dinosaurs – a couple of new and exciting dino books will be revealed in 2019. Discover how storm clouds form, why we have seasons, how seaweed can predict weather and why fish and frogs sometimes fall from the sky! Children love the topic of space, but their questions about it can be quite challenging - this book will help!
I’ve even been told by one editor that the reason she wanted to pay me so little was that, as an expert in my field, I should be able to do the work quickly and easily. I declined the work…
Author, editor, natural history consultant, literacy specialist
The world of children’s publishing continues to be busy, and endlessly fascinating with lots of opportunities for a fact-phile like myself to while away the hours finding out more about the natural world.
For many years the environment has tended to be tagged onto the end of books about the natural world, as if it were a separate subject. There were plenty of birds, deer and monkeys to observe too but seeing a shy sloth bear and her cub was an unexpected treat.
This year has been the year of the eco-book.
In the last two years I’ve enjoyed providing consultancy expertise on a number of encyclopedias, and flexed my more creative muscles as ghost writer to produce a large and successful set of activity books for a celebrity adventurer. You can read about the importance of non-fiction reading here.
It is no wonder that such an approach has met with great success in the publishing world.
In addition to writing books under her own name, Camilla also works as an editor/consultant/ghost writer. Thanks to Kingfisher (Macmillan) who gave me free rein to create and write a book about Intelligent Animals – a favourite topic of mine. They are still available in some libraries, but everyone wants to find a copy for their little ‘un to enjoy at home, or to replace a much-loved copy that is falling apart.
Illustrated by Aaron Cushley. Maybe one day that line between fiction and non fiction will blur even more: we all tell stories of one sort or another. You really have given a masterclass in how to write these books. I wonder if that same logic applies to any other professional expertise? The books takes the reader from the micro-tale of bees pollinating flowers and seeds sprouting in the soil to gorillas in jungles, elephants in the savannah and penguins in the Antarctic.
In the last year, I’ve been lucky enough to get close to a big tarantula as it crossed the road in Mexico, watch humpback whales leap and splash in the icy waters of the Arctic, and crick my neck watching howler monkeys and spider monkeys in trees far above me in the rainforest – after a long, sweaty trek!
Books for everyone, in an international market
A fact-filled look at life-size wonders
How do you measure up against the largest and smallest things in nature?
From colossal squid to microscopic snow crystals
This book was great fun to research and write.
I have several favourites, but I do love a blue sea slug (also known as blue dragons) and I'd be delighted to see a goblin shark in real life! This is one of a series of eight books. See here for more details.
Would you Rather?