It was her mother-in-law’s quiet suggestion that got Josephine Gerweck, of Longmeadow, thinking about publishing a book. “You should try to incorporate your pictures of birds into a children’s book,” ...

When asked to draw their local wildlife, 401 UK schoolchildren aged 7 to 11 most commonly drew mammals and birds, while amphibians and reptiles appeared in the fewest drawings, suggesting imbalances ...