Eyes and No Eyes (Book 1)

Meet the three children in the Eyes and No Eyes series - Peter, Peggy and Paul. Discover the countryside where they live and the things theu see on their way to school.

Meet three of the spiders living on the common - some on webs jewelled with dew, some in tunnels beneath the ground, and others who hunt and carry their babies.

Yaffle, yaffle, yaffle! Cries the woodpecker as it skims the forest floor and jumps first this way, then that, up the tree. Tap, tap, tap! It knocks on the tree with its beak.

Spring has arrived and that means daffodils, snowdrops, anemones and violets. Bringing joy to the children and delightful feasts of nectar for the bees.

Meet Bobby - a cute, little squirrel, who watches the children with inquisitive black eyes, and follow him to see his family of tiny babies in their nest.

Did you know that the skylark has a secret to keep the hawk away from its nest? It lands some distance away to the side of its nest and runs secretly to it through the grass.

In this chapter, we are introduced to the hazel nut and discover its journey from a catkin and flower to the nut, and meet the creatures who enjoy eating it.

Learn to tell the difference between a mouse and a shrew from their habits, personalities and characteristics - and learn why it is important to tell the two apart.

Get ready to dive inside an ant hill and discver the secret lives of the red wood ants that live in the forest on the way to the children's school.

Have you ever stopped to consider the life of a bumble bee? Have you ever thought about how it makes and prepares its nest, or how it nurtures its young? It is time to find out.

Meet Peter's cat and find out how she is adapted for life as a cat - from her claws, to her tail, to her eyes, to her paws, as Peggy and Paul examine how wonderfully she is made.

Cuckoo! Cuckoo! A busy pair of birds fly to and fro collecting food for a baby bird who is rapidly growing, too big for their nest... and does not look like them! Who is it?