Jeff Wilson / Boy studying Koran inside Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan, 2006

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} two red kittens with cream Teddy Bear in red waistcoat.

Gavin Hellier / Priest holding a candle and reading the 900 year old Holy Book of Gabriel in Bet Gabriel-Rufael, one of Lalibela's famous rock-hewn churches, Lalibela ranks among one of the world's greatest Christian...

Michel Poinsignon / White mice (Mus genus) on bookcase (captive)

Michel Poinsignon / White mice (Mus genus) on bookcase (captive)

Roland Seitre / Conservation officers and children reading educational leaflets at the headquarters of the Programme for the Conservation of the Blue throated / Wagler's macaw (Ara glaucogularis) Trinidad, Beni, Boli...

Rick Tomlinson / The library room in the rebuilt church at Grytviken, South Georgia, February 2007

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Teophil and Maya Blyth and mother Stephanie with RSPB staff member Emma Cambell attending RSPB 'Date With Nature Event' learning about urban Peregrine falcon, Tate Modern, South Bank, London, UK, Sep...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Man indentifying moth at moth trapping event, organised by Devon Moth Group, at Hazelwood Farm, near Okehampton, Devon, UK. July 2011.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Man identifying moth at moth trapping event, organised by Devon Moth Group, at Hazelwood Farm, near Okehampton, Devon, UK. July 2011.

Jeff Rotman / Capuchin monkey (Cebus sp) turns the page of a book. The monkey is trained to be a companion and assistant for its owner, who has physical disabilities, and it can perform many simple tasks on request...

Juergen Freund / A ranger from the eco resort distributing a selection of books to the students of Yellu Village. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / Girls from the Yellu Village school reading a book about the underwater world. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / Boys from the Yellu Village school reading a book about the underwater world. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / A girl from the Yellu Village school reading a book about the underwater world. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff leafing through his snake ID book with a crate of sea snakes in the background. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Pete Oxford / Fairview Amerindian Village children who belong to the Fairview Wildlife Club identifying birds, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana, February 2010

Jeff Wilson / Boy studying Koran inside Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan, 2006

Tim Laman / Huntsman spider (Sparassidae) resting on paperback books including "Kiss of the Spider Woman" on a shelf at the rainforest reseearch station in Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, In...

Niall Benvie / Photograph of Alpine rock-cress (Arabis alpina)manipulated and text added to represent illustrated book page. Scotland, UK, July

Peter Cairns / Boy reading wolf book in bed, Scotland, UK, model released

Peter Cairns / Boy reading 'Fantastic Mr Fox' book in bed, Scotland, UK, model released

Peter Cairns / Boy reading wolf book in bed with wolf poster behind, Scotland, UK, model released

Peter Cairns / Boy reading 'Fantastic Mr Fox' book in bed, Scotland, UK, model released

Philippe Clement / Heidi house in Maienfeld, a Swiss chalet which is the setting of the children's books by author Johanna Spyri, Graubünden, Switzerland, July 2009

Mark Taylor / Maine Coon mother cat, Serafin, with kitten reaching with paws on 'Your Cat' binder

Mark Taylor / Two Maine Coon kittens playing on a stack of books.

Dave Watts / House mouse (Mus musculus) on books, Tasmania, Australia

Eric Baccega / Visitor reading at the Library De Beauvoir, where the archives of the island are maintained, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. May 2009.

Alex Hyde / Juvenile House spider {Tegenaria sp} on dictionary, UK

Jerry Monkman / Mother and daughter identifying birds and birdwatching on the banks of the Connecticut River in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, model released

Bernard Castelein / Handling the prayer books in Phodong Monastery, Phodong, Sikkim, India October 2007

Pete Oxford / Prayer books wrapped in cloth contain biography of Lord Buddah, National Library, Thimphu, Bhutan 2001

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat, 11-week Bengal kittens 'Lima' and 'Oosha' play together **Not available for Cat books**

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Pink tajibo tree in flower {Tabebuia avellanedae} Bolivia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Pink tajibo tree in flower {tabebuia avellanedae} Bolivia

Angelo Gandolfi / Red fox cubs {Vulpes vulpes} amongst books on bookshelf, UK. Orphan animals.

Niall Benvie / Man and woman botanising. Coll, Argyll, Scotland. Using magnifying glass and ID books

Niall Benvie / Man and woman botanising. Coll, Argyll, Scotland. Using magnifying glass and books

Tom Vezo / Scrub jay {Aphelocoma coerulescens} on birdwatcher's head, NB reference book, Florida, USA

Paul D Stewart / A swan orchid 'Cycnoches' in gilt on the front cover of the first edition (plum, ribbed) of 'On the Various Contrivances by which Orchids are fertilised by Insects and the good effects of intercrossin...

Paul D Stewart / 'Swan Orchid' (Cyncnoches sp.) by Charles Darwin, 1862 first issue (idnentified by gilt orchid and ridged plum cloth) or 'On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilise...

Paul D Stewart / Vivid colour lithograph illustration for 'Dr. Schubert's Naturgeschichte - Geologie, Mineralreich, Palaontologie'. Published 1888 in Stuttgart by J.F. Shreiber, the palaeontology section by Dr. Friedr...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration from 'The Anniversary of the Literary Fun 1836' by Thomas Hood, published by Baily and Co, Cornhill. The reputation of academics for absent mindedness, eccentricity, and absorbtion in the...

Paul D Stewart / Two books on collecting natural history specimens (particularly insects) published at the end of the 18th century. They would have influenced the famous specimen collectors of the early 18th century s...

Paul D Stewart / Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (born August 2nd 1672 - died June 23rd 1733). Swiss traveller naturalist and geologist. Contemporary Folio size Portrait copper engraving at 59 years old (1731) from Physica Sa...

Paul D Stewart / 'The Wisdom of God manifested in the Works of Creation' by John Ray, the ninth edition of 1727. In this book Ray developed Natural Theology for an English audience. He argues that the proof of God is...

Paul D Stewart / Portrait of Gaius Plinius Secundus, army commander, naturalist and author (23AD to 25 August 79AD). Copperplate engraving from Andre Thevet's 'Portraits et vies des hommes illustres' publ Guillaume Ch...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of Black Rat (Rattus rattus), from Volume 1 Conrad Gesner's 1551 Historiae Animalium (here in his Icones Animalium 1560). The black rat's fleas are believed to have carried plague...

Paul D Stewart / Various mid to late 19th Century editions of Darwin's 'Journal of Researches' from his Beagle voyage. After the Origin of Species this book is Darwin's most numerously republished and widely read book...

Paul D Stewart / The frontis to Gideon Mantell's 1851 book, 'Petrifactions and their Teachings - a handbook to the gallery of organic remains at the British Museum'. The frontis engraving is of Notornis Mantelli - the...

Paul D Stewart / Copy of the first edition 'On the Origin of Species' by Charles Darwin (1859) together with a Cabinet photograph of Darwin and some other Darwin related books. 'The Origin' was first published on Thur...

Rick Tomlinson / 180ft ketch "Adele" boasts a library with twin colour corrected computer screens. ^^^ The 180-foot luxury ketch was designed by Andre Hoek and built by the famous Vitters Shipyard in Holland. It is ow...

Rick Tomlinson / 180ft ketch "Adele" boasts a library with twin colour corrected computer screens. ^^^ The 180-foot luxury ketch was designed by Andre Hoek and built by the famous Vitters Shipyard in Holland. It is ow...

Rick Tomlinson / 180ft ketch "Adele" boasts a library with twin colour corrected computer screens.^^^ The 180-foot luxury ketch was designed by Andre Hoek and built by the famous Vitters Shipyard in Holland. It is own...

Onne van der Wal / Man reading a book on the bow of a boat

Pete Oxford / Alter in National library with prayer books. Thimbu, Bhutan.

Erwan Quéméré / Man reading a book in the pulpit of a sailing yacht. Jean Mauviel is a yachting writer and lawyer, a distinguished member of the Yacht Club de France.