Our Planet by Matt Whyman

This beautiful book is a companion to the Netflix series. Stunning photos and illustrations show the great diversity of life in some of the remotest parts of our planet.

This book is specially designed for children as a companion to the series, with each chapter corresponding to an episode and featuring a different area of the planet, from frozen icy wastes to rich underwater communities. The book is illustrated in a mix of photos and cartoon-ish drawings. The colours are simply amazing; I spent a long time on certain ones, poring over them. I'd planned to give this book to a nephew when I'd read it, but I think now I'll keep it, at least for a while. I want to be able to look at it whenever I like. This is a book that demands slow reading, studying. Online reviews and spreads do it no justice at all.

The information is well written, too, simple enough for children without talking down to them. It's a fine line and one this book walks very well. Children will be entertained as they're learning - for instance, did you know that elephants can dig wells if their rivers dry up? I didn't!

The only problem I have with the book is that on a couple of pages, the black writing is set against deep blue sea water, making it difficult to read. It's not impossible, and that just is the colour of the picture so there wasn't much choice, but it did take a bit of effort.

That tiny nitpick aside, though, this is a wonderful, amazing book and is sure to be a hit with everyone who opens it.





This glorious visual celebration of the natural world combines extraordinary photography from the series with stunning illustrations from acclaimed artist, Richard Jones. Lose yourself in icy landscapes, dense jungles and endless oceans. Learn how our fascinating habitats, and the plants and creatures living there, interconnect to create the one place we all call home – Our Planet.

This beautifully written and informative book for children has an uplifting message of hope that will strike a chord with all the family. The perfect gift for families the world over to treasure forever.

‘You will be among the next characters who can, if they wish, tell the most extraordinary story of all – how human beings in the twenty-first century came to their senses and started to protect Planet Earth’ Sir David Attenborough