Ik ben Hattie de haas

The meadow scenes are so vividly drawn I can almost hear the rustling grass, and I learned more about hare diets in one chapter than in years of nature documentaries. It's the kind of book you'll want to keep on the coffee table just to flip through again when you need a calm moment.

The detailed descriptions of the hares' grazing habits and landscape feel authentic, making it a lovely read for nature lovers. I learned so much about how they traveled to settle in the British countryside.

The illustrations of the hares bounding through hedgerows and meadows are gorgeous, and my kids keep asking why they travelled so far to reach Britain. The little section on what they actually eat answered a question I'd wondered about myself.