Hamza's Wild World: The essential book for young animal fans, full of fun facts!

by Hamza Yassin

Go on a wild adventure into the animal kingdom with naturalist, wildlife cameraman and winner of Strictly Come Dancing, Hamza Yassin.

Hamza's Wild World brings you everything you will ever need to know about the animal kingdom in this fun, fascinating guide packed with hundreds of funny, smelly, awesome, scary, revolting, weird, cute, clever and AMAZING facts! With black-and-white line illustrations, black-and-white photos and infographics throughout.

Did you know that kestrels can see mouse wee tracks on the ground, that dolphin mums sing lullabies or that wombats have cube-shaped poo?

Do you want to imagine what it’s like to meet a cheetah, get close to a polar bear or go to sleep with an otter?

Then this book is for you!

A dyslexic-friendly layout, made in consultation with Dyslexia Scotland, makes this perfect for every child.

Genres: Animals

372 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 26, 2024

Reviews

[Katy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 7 year old is a massive fan of Ranger Hamza so would probably give it 5 stars from her perspective. I've been reading it aloud to her at bedtime, and it maybe loses half a star from me because it jumps around a lot and she kept wanting to sit up and look at the pictures instead of falling asleep! We saw him talking about the book at the local literature festival last year and obviously had to get the book. It's a book of facts, with some explanation and narrative, but mostly facts, and I'm not sure it works brilliantly as a read aloud book (although I'd be keen to get the audiobook for her at some point as he said he intersperses reading the text with recreating the animal and bird sounds, which there was no way I would be able to do in my reading) but it was a lovely book to share with her which we both enjoyed and I expect her to re-read it herself some time. I don't usually bother to log/review the books I read to her but at 400 pages, including Latin names, and lots of discussion as we went, I feel like this did involve enough effort to count! Would recommend for any child wildlife fan, or Hamza fan, and I especially liked how he gave examples of his own heroes and how many different careers people could have in wildlife conservation and education. Can see it being the sort of book that someone will be saying in 30 years time inspired them to go into a particular role.

[Stephen the Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hamza Yasmin is already becoming a bit of a legend as a wildlife film maker and conservationist.

Hamza’s Wild World book is a joy from start to finish - packed to the brim with facts galore about a multitude of animals, birds, sea creatures, insects and their habits and habitats. Full of fascinating information to build up the skills of a naturalist and activities to develop awareness and skills too.

Interviews with people who work with wildlife add another dimension and expertly highlighting potential careers for the young to consider

This book is aimed at younger readers 7-12 but it feels much more - a family book or a book for young and old. As someone who works in education I cannot recommend this book enough - a great non- fiction book to dip into, share with others and learn so much from

Louise Forshaw’s illustrations add another level of fun and magic

A great gift or classroom book for learning from and enjoying the world of wildlife - Highly recommended

[A Bookworm Crafts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Naturalist and wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin regales us with animal facts in this fun read.

The book is well written and easy to dip in and out of. There is a wide variety of information, which is presented in an interesting way. Both my 5- and 10-year-old enjoyed hearing the fun facts and some of the sillier ones prompted great fits of giggles!

I was really impressed by the fact that the book has a dyslexia-friendly layout, making it a good pick for children who love animals but struggle to read.

A recommended read for animal lovers young and old.

Thank you to BookBreak by Pan Macmillan for providing me with a paperback copy of this book and an Adventure Kidz animal explorers set in exchange for an honest review.

[Donna Maguire · Rating 5 out of 5]

The essential book for animal fans by Hamza Yassin - I loved this book, it was excellent, full of brilliant facts and it was laid out really well. The chapter lengths were spot on and I liked that it was 2-3 pages at most for the different topics too. The illustrations in the book were great, they were nice and clear and help bring the book to life. It is 5 stars from me for this one - very highly recommended!

[tees · Rating 5 out of 5]

nothing to say other than this book is perfect, and my copy of this is signed to me, which makes me feel incredibly lucky!

forever grateful and in adoration of the way hamza writes!