Competition: Leafy Creatures

by Anya Dimelow 13 November, 2019

Now you’ve been face to face with some of Britain’s most iconic species, in our 'Britain's Amazing Islands' issue, we want you to make one using autumn’s natural objects!

What to do:

Collect some vibrant leaves, nuts, berries, cones and twigs to create a British island creature. Will you go for the brightly-beaked puffin? The adorable red squirrel? Or a magnificent red deer?

What you can win:

FIVE lucky readers will win a signed copy of Barbara Henderson’s Wilderness Wars.

Wilderness Wars What if nature fights back? When Em’s father’s construction work takes her family to the uninhabited island of Skelsay, Scotland, she is a little uneasy. Soon Em and her friend Zac notice that something isn’t right. The wilderness all around them has declared war. It wants to keep its island wild. Danger lurks everywhere. But can Em and Zac persuade the adults to believe them before it’s too late? Can her family and their friendship forge the right path?