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Robin | Helen F Wilson

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I thoroughly enjoyed Helen Wilson's cultural history of the robin. Focusing on the European robin (Erithacus rubecula), it includes the American robin (incongruously Disneyfied into Mary Poppins's London in A Spoonful of Sugar, though not as alarmingly as Dick van Dyke's cockney accent), the Asian magpie robin, & other species unrelated genetically but which have been given the name.
Lots of wonderful photos & illustrations: a quick, light read.

Bookwomble #BookmarkMatching There's a robin somewhere amongst the variagated flock of garden birds on that bookmark! 🐦‍⬛🔭 1mo

LeahBergen This is the best match yet! 😆 1mo

Bookwomble @LeahBergen I got game! 🔖🤓 1mo

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Robin | Helen F Wilson

One of my 2024 Christmas books. Still suitably seasonal as snow is still on the ground, and a robin is an occasional visitor to the garden.
Time to find out a bit more about Britain's favourite bird ❤️🐦‍⬛❤️

BarbaraBB Is it? That‘s nice. It‘s my daughter‘s name 😊 1mo

Bookwomble @BarbaraBB A lovely name 😊 Although the wren is the official national bird, in popular surveys it's the robin that usually comes out on top. 1mo

Bookwomble @BarbaraBB Fact Check: I lost confidence in my previous statement, rightly so as it turns out! Britain doesn't have an official National Bird. Why I thought it was the wren I no longer remember. In 2015, an unofficial poll to decide the national bird was held, and the good Robin Redbreast won 😊 https://www.countryfile.com/wildlife/britains-official-bird-is-announced 1mo

BarbaraBB Lol thank you for checking it out! 🩷 1mo

bibliothecarivs @Bookwomble I love this 1mo

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Robin | Helen F Wilson

Any UK Littens looking for book gifts (or, let's face it, just books!), publisher Reaktion Books has a Christmas sale on, link below. I've just ordered £128 of books for £36, including delivery, due in 2 working days!
I have no interest to declare, other than that of accumulating books 😄📚📚
https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/books/special-offers

Luke-XVX Some great Folklore titles! 3mo

Bookwomble @Luke-XVX Yes, and I really love their niche social histories, too. 3mo

bibliothecarivs I hadn't heard of this publisher until I was given Peter Ackroyd's latest history this summer and noticed the unique logo. 3mo

Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs I have a few Reaktion books, mainly from their Animal series, but I've diversified a bit in those I've just ordered. Which of Ackroyd's books were you given? 3mo

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The English Soul: Faith of a Nation

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