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Wild In The Backyard

Wild In The Backyard

Arefa Tehsin
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Enter the secret world of your wild pets!

Ever wondered why this world’s called a rat race?
Why does your teacher call you the chatter bird of the class?
How did those dratted lice get in your hair?

Let’s find out the answers to these and more in this exciting one-of-a-kind backyard-jungle book. Wilderness and wildlife aren’t just confined to the forests; there is a whole lot of wild in our own backyards! Some of these critters are awake with you in the day. Others wake up when you go to bed…

Discover the hunters and the hunted, the diggers and the tunnellers, the raptors and the roaches, roaming around under our very noses.

Say hi to them and take a look at their home, which, incidentally, is also ours.

Imprint: India Puffin

Published: Dec/2015

ISBN: 9780143333906

Length : 240 Pages

MRP : ₹199.00

Wild In The Backyard

Arefa Tehsin

Enter the secret world of your wild pets!

Ever wondered why this world’s called a rat race?
Why does your teacher call you the chatter bird of the class?
How did those dratted lice get in your hair?

Let’s find out the answers to these and more in this exciting one-of-a-kind backyard-jungle book. Wilderness and wildlife aren’t just confined to the forests; there is a whole lot of wild in our own backyards! Some of these critters are awake with you in the day. Others wake up when you go to bed…

Discover the hunters and the hunted, the diggers and the tunnellers, the raptors and the roaches, roaming around under our very noses.

Say hi to them and take a look at their home, which, incidentally, is also ours.

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Arefa Tehsin

Arefa Tehsin grew up treading jungles with her naturalist father. She was often found trying to catch a snake or spin a yarn. Tehsin is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books and contributes columns and features to publications like Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Conde Nast Traveller and The Hindu. She has been shortlisted for awards like The Asian Prize for Fiction, Godrej Lit Live! Fiction Book of the Year, NEEV Book Award, FICCI Best Book of the Year Award and The Hindu Young World Best Author Award. Her adult novel The Witch on the Peepul Tree will be broadcasted in 4 Indian languages on Kuku FM and translated in Sinhalese. The picture book The Elephant Bird was read at 3200+ locations in India from the slums to the Presidential library on the International Literacy Day, 2016 and translated in more than 35 languages. A few schools in India and Sri Lanka are using her books as textbooks and supplementary readers. She was appointed the Honorary Wildlife Warden of Udaipur district for a term and has pursued nature conservation through her writings and columns.

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