Review of "Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to British Birds" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The main thing I have learnt from this book is that Bill Bailey has a drinking problem, I’ve never seen so main stains from tea/coffee (I didn’t lick the pages so not sure which one it was), there were splashes and rings from his mug all over the pages. This does remind me of a Mr Bean book I read as a kid, the stains, ripped pages, images stuck to page and funny little illustrations were done by Mr. Bean too.
The layout makes this a fun read, each of Bill’s favourite birds gets 4 pages, you get a photo, a write up about the bird, it’s plumage and reminisces of when Bill first spotted the bird, you also get a bonus fact and a bizarre little illustration. (See blog post for a sample)
When watching Bill perform live I’ve always thought he was very birdlike, he always seems wide-eyed …
The main thing I have learnt from this book is that Bill Bailey has a drinking problem, I’ve never seen so main stains from tea/coffee (I didn’t lick the pages so not sure which one it was), there were splashes and rings from his mug all over the pages. This does remind me of a Mr Bean book I read as a kid, the stains, ripped pages, images stuck to page and funny little illustrations were done by Mr. Bean too.
The layout makes this a fun read, each of Bill’s favourite birds gets 4 pages, you get a photo, a write up about the bird, it’s plumage and reminisces of when Bill first spotted the bird, you also get a bonus fact and a bizarre little illustration. (See blog post for a sample)
When watching Bill perform live I’ve always thought he was very birdlike, he always seems wide-eyed and a bit twitchy. I think he has been influenced by his years of bird watching and it’s nice to hear that when on tour he always finds time to have a look around to see what he can spot.
This is a beginners guide more than anything else, Bill recommends starting bird-watching by try to find a pigeon, so if you know anybody showing an interest in birds then this will be a great gift for them. My youngest daughter is going to read this next and I think she’ll enjoy it mainly because of the interesting gruesome facts included, a bit like the horrible histories books.
Blog post is here> felcherman.wordpress.com/2018/06/28/bill-baileys-remarkable-guide-to-british-birds-by-bill-bailey/