The Hedgehog Book is the latest in the compact, accessible Nature Books series, exploring our relationship with some of Britain's best-loved wild creatures. A welcome visitor heard rustling through our hedges or spotted shuffling across our lawns, hedgehogs are a celebrated addition to every garden and their proper care and conservation valuable to numerous other species. Through informative chapters ranging from the physiological and environmental to the inclusion of the hedgehog in myth, legend, art and literature and the vital work being undertaken to conserve this species, The Hedgehog Book is an ideal guide to its subject for all nature lovers, beautifully illustrated throughout with new photography and other illustrations.