Collins Big Cat — WONDERFUL WILDERNESS: Band 15/Emerald ISBN: 9780008208851

What is a wilderness? Why do we need to preserve it and how do we go about doing so? This book takes a look at these important questions and focuses on National Parks from Yellowstone in the US, to the Lake District in the UK and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. •Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts. • Text type – An information book. • The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information. • The glossary and index can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further. • Curriculum links – Geography