Born in Northern Ireland, Simon Fisher has spent most of his life in England. Until his retirement, he taught German and French in secondary schools, with a break of three years
teaching English in Germany. He wrote the verses for this book to entertain his great nephew and nieces and was fortunate enough to count among his acquaintances Dave F
Smith, who kindly provided the illustrations.
He is fluent in German and has written a published translation into English of the memoirs of Erich Feldtkeller, a First World War general, one of whose descendants he married.
Are you baffled by the word "axolotl"? Do the words "unau" and "vicuña" mean nothing to you? If so, this book will enlighten you, and thanks to the illustrations, give you an idea of what they look like. It may also alert you, if you need alerting, to the threat to the existence of many species bro...
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