About the Book and Author
This book for readers aged 5-8 years is both fiction and non-fiction in that it contains a fun story and also facts, quizzes and ideas for your own pond life project.
Nature-loving Lottie decides to make a pond in her back garden to encourage local wildlife. She enlists her tech neighbour Noah’s help, but is distracted by Mr. Parfitt, his neat-freak, golf-mad dad, who is determined to rid his garden of ants. Can Lottie save the ants and the multitude of frogs who suddenly appear in Mr. Parfitt’s garden?
Lottie Loves Nature learning resources are available to download from the Five Quills website. Perfect for teachers or parents of inquisitive children.
Jane Clarke is the award winning author of over 80 books for young children, including numerous picture books such as Stuck in the Mud and the popular fiction series Al’s Awesome Science. Jane loves animals, fossils and being a grandma, and enjoys writing her stories and poems and sharing them on visits to schools and nurseries.
Slightly obsessed with picture books, James Brown enjoys writing and illustrating his own. James writes and illustrates for older children too. He studied English Literature at Sheffield and Stockholm and has an M.Litt in Creative Writing from St Andrews University. James was one of five illustrators to win the SCBWI’s Undiscovered Voices 2014 competition.
Book Review
It’s laid out in unique style because it combines text, diary entries, facts and images which I really enjoyed.
Lottie loves nature and looks up to Samira Breeze, the tv presenter of ‘Every little thing matters’, for ideas about helping the planet.
Lottie is kind, caring and is a good role model for anyone who likes nature.
The story is interesting because along the way it tells you fantastic facts like worms are invertebrates (no back bone) or how frogs talk. It’s laid out in unique style because it combines text, diary entries, facts and images which I really enjoyed. I like her pet dog Einstein because I love science, especially Albert Einstein!
It is a great fictional story for both young and old about looking after nature. I would recommend this book to those wanting to help the planet or people who want to learn from a fictional story.
It’s a page-turner!
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Reviewer Profile
- Name: Eliza
- Age: 8 years
- Likes: sewing, facts and being outdoors
- Dislikes: yoghurt and getting up late
- Favourite Book: The Midnight Gang by David Walliams
- Favourite Film: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Favourite Song: Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
