{"product_id":"9781514446027","title":"Australian Nature in Poetry","description":"This collection of poems reflects on the local wildlife I have had the pleasure of interacting with over the last fifteen years.   I live in a small far northern NSW Australian coastal village, where my home backs onto an estuarine creek and fronts onto the Pacific Ocean with just a strip of bushland separating them.   I go to sleep to the sound of the ocean and wake to the sounds of the creatures that feature in my poems.   I do not claim to be an expert on wildlife, and my poems are based on my observations over time and the subjects traits with which I have become most familiar. All the places I mention are real and are within a ten-minute walk except for Mt. Warning and the Tweed River, which are within a twenty-minute drive.   Any of the facts I provide have been carefully researched or provided to me by a highly respected local marine biologist, whose love of nature far exceeds my own. I think adults will find them informative and children educational. He has also generously assisted me with many of my illustrations, and I am extremely grateful for this and his well-informed input.   It is hoped my poems may be enjoyed by people of all ages and have included a little touch of humour in some that I think might appeal to the younger generation in particular.","brand":"Xlibris AU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143875641584,"sku":"9781514446027","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781514446027_p0.jpg?v=1763727249","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781514446027","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}