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Learn all about red squirrels with Hazel!

Learn all about red squirrels with Hazel!

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Willow loves exploring Wilderville woods and having adventures with her animal companion, Hazel the red squirrel. They both know how important it is to protect the woodland, especially given it's Hazel’s home!

Read on to find out more abou… read more

10 August 2021

Campaign for Wilderville with Carys!

Campaign for Wilderville with Carys!

This week is all about Carys!

She's passionate about helping the environment and making Wilderville the best place to live ever! This year, she wants to organise a festival in town that gets everyone excited about caring for the natural world. … read more

9 August 2021

Marcus's Marvellous Week

Marcus's Marvellous Week

This week is all about Marcus! He lives on his family farm with Charlie the chaffinch.

Marcus loves cooking up a storm in the kitchen. He likes trying out new recipes and surprising his friends with delicious homemade treats.

He uses lots o… read more

2 August 2021

Dive into River Week with David

Dive into River Week with David

This week we’ll be exploring all of David’s favourite things! He loves reading nonfiction books and learning amazing new facts about animals, especially bugs!

David and his spider pal Webster spend lots of time at the river, doodling, drawing … read more

27 July 2021

Willow's Woodland Week

Willow's Woodland Week

We hope you are enjoying the Summer Reading Challenge so far!

Each week, we'll be focusing on one of our Wild World Heroes and recommending books and activities themed around their habitat.

To kick us off, we have Willow! She and Hazel the s… read more

19 July 2021

Welcoming all Wild World Heroes!

Welcoming all Wild World Heroes!

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The Summer Reading Challenge 2021 is now here! We can’t wait to introduce you to our brilliant heroes and get you set up on your reading journey!

We're teaming up with WWF for a very special nature-themed Challenge that will inspire you to sta… read more

9 July 2021

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