Book of Beasts: An A to Z Rhyming Bestiary

The hispid hare is rather rare in fact, outside north-eastern east it lives nowhere and even there it is a most uncommon beast.

With scientific facts, quirky verse and gorgeous illustrations, this is a most unusual alphabet book!

A writer and an artist, M Krishnan was one of India’s best-known naturalists.

M Krishnan (1912-1996), an artist, writer, wildlife photographer and arguably the finest Indian naturalist, spent months in our forests, recording his observations with pen and camera. His nature column, The Country Notebook, appeared in the Statesman for 46 years. A founding member of the Indian Board for Wildlife and Steering Committee for Project Tiger, he was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship and the Padma Shri for his work on wildlife conservation.