COMING SOON!

PUBLISHED BY BATSFORD 

MARCH 2026

CAPTIVATING STORIES 

RETOLD BY MASTER FOLKLORIST

ROSALIND KERVEN,

OFFERING AN  INSPIRING 

NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

THAT THREATEN OUR BEAUTIFUL WORLD

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How can we better live in harmony

with the natural environment 

and other species?

Be inspired by this unique collection 

of forty traditional stories 

and fragments of wisdom 

drawn from every corner of the Earth.

MYTHS, LEGENDS & TALES

FOR A GREENER WORLD 

harnesses time-honoured wisdom

from many different cultures

to help imagine an optimistic vision

of life on Earth for the future.

With stunning black and white illustrations

by Joe McLaren

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"Rosalind is one of our 

all-time best-selling authors, 

and we are very excited to publish 

this beautiful and important book  

to help us imagine a more 

harmonious future for our planet." 

– Nicola Newman, Editorial Director, 

Batsford Books

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An ancient chant from Tahiti:

"Forests grew and increased.

Food grew and increased.

Creeping plants grew and increased.

Living things grew

In the sea and the rivers and the land."

MEET AMAZING CHARACTERS

★ The Cheyenne Grandmother Turtle ★

🐉  A Chinese Dragon-King-Mother  🐉

★ The Irish Hungry Man ★

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"The Earth was once a human being

and she is still alive...

The soil is her flesh, 

the trees and vegetation are her hair,

the rocks are her bones

and the wind is her breath.

She lies spread out, and we live on her."  

– Nespelem Native American people

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READ EXTRAORDINARY STORIES

A terrifying battle of strength 

between a fierce Tiger-Demon and 

the kindly Mother of the Forest 

in Bangladesh.

"I bow to no one," said the Tiger-Demon,

"unless human beings

immediately stop their destruction."

Who do you think will win?

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Bears capture some 

Wyandot people in North America.

Shudder at their scary tricks

then learn from their invaluable lessons.

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A Māori man in New Zealand

makes friends with a whale.

Find out how he loyally defends 

his animal comrade.

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"Once fire gathers momentum, 

it is almost unstoppable.

It's exactly the same with extinction."

– from a Nigerian story

LEARN HOW TO

DO YOUR BIT TO 

HELP PLANET EARTH!

Keep the Song Alive 

like the Congolese Mbuti people

– It's The Most Beautiful Song in the Forest!

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Value Everything 

like the Maya people of Guatemala

"We trees would never harm the Earth.

For we are the living link in creation.

And even wild things can 

prove invaluable to humans."

Clear Up Your Own Mess 

like a shrewd old man in the Middle East

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"All around us there is constant conflict

between the forces

of good and evil."

– Wisdom of South America's 

Mapuche people

DREAM OF A BETTER FUTURE

Watch the Wild Ones Fight Back

in Portugal

Get supernatural help to protect the Water

in Trinidad & Tobago

Witness the Earth Reborn

with an Aztec myth

See Flowers Bloom Again

with Indigenous Australian sages

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"Since all things act 

according to their nature

Let us dance and 

sing in thanks

Because all things 

are as they are"

– Ethiopian wisdom

These astonishing stories

from over 40 different cultures

celebrate our common humanity

in the quest to protect and save

our beautiful planet Earth.

With extensive notes about 

the peoples who first told each story 

and other fascinating information.

Black and white illustrations 

on this web page 

all by Joe McLaren

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