Discover the secrets of nature with the renowned connoisseur, the author of Evening with Animal Heroes and the writer of award-winning books!

Do you know which flower appears at the end of winter before the sedum or snowdrops, why another is called a bloodsucker and which one is a real messenger from prehistoric times? What waders can you meet in our ponds and which of our feathered songbirds competes well with the nightingale? Have you ever seen the pull of bows, the nest of a master in knitting - the common plover, the dances of whooping cranes or the dams created overnight by tireless builders - beavers? Where would you find a leafhopper and where would you find a carp called a koi? Do you know guests from the north - long-tailed warblers and northern quills? Do migratory butterflies live here and how do they fly to Africa? Why is a wagtail called a wagtail and where might you hear it chirping? Will you meet the American mink in our nature and what does the European ungulate look like? You will learn all this and many other remarkable facts from the author's impressive account, imbued with personal memories and unforgettable experiences and paying an unpretentious tribute to the Czech landscape and the inhabitants of its forests, waters, meadows and hillsides.

Two previous narrative books by Václav Chaloupek – Touches of Nature and African Alphabet – were selected for the Best Children's Books catalog.