Amazing Nature

Amazing Nature is an illustrated exploration of the natural world by Celedonio García-Pozuelo Ramos. It works through the engineering found in animals and plants — how they navigate, build, camouflage, survive extremes — and presents it as evidence of design rather than accident.

What’s inside Amazing Nature

The book is built around specific cases rather than general wonder. How a particular bird navigates thousands of kilometres without instruments. How an insect’s structure solves a problem engineers are still working on. What has to be true for a given system to function at all.

The photography and illustration carry as much of the argument as the text, which is deliberate: a child who looks at these pages asks the questions the book then answers.

• Animal navigation, migration and orientation
• Structural engineering found in plants and animals
• Camouflage, defence and survival systems
• Ecosystems and how they hold together
• Photography and illustration throughout

Who this book is for

Written for families to read together — a parent and a child roughly 8 to 14 will get the most from it. It is also used in Adventist schools and homeschool settings as a science-and-creation resource, and it works as a gift for a child who is already curious about animals.

It is not a biology textbook and does not pretend to be. It is a book designed to produce questions.

About the author and publisher

Celedonio García-Pozuelo Ramos wrote Amazing Nature for Editorial Safeliz, whose illustrated reference works are produced to a standard that carries a book like this beyond the children’s shelf.

Amazing Nature sits in our Children & Youth range alongside the pop-up Bible story books The Fiery Furnace and Queen Esther.

Questions about this book

What age is this book for?

Roughly 8 to 14 reading independently, and younger with a parent. Adults read it too, which is a fair test of an illustrated children’s book.

Is it a creation science book?

It presents design in nature as evidence of a designer. It is written as observation and wonder rather than as argument against a position.

Is it suitable for school or homeschool use?

Yes. It is used in Adventist schools and by homeschooling families as a supplementary science resource.

How much text is there relative to images?

The illustration carries a large share of the book. The text is substantial enough to teach but short enough per page for a child to stay with it.

Is it currently in stock?

Stock on this title moves. The product page shows live availability; contact HHES if it is showing out of stock and you need it.