Up in the Canopy: Explore the Rainforest, Layer by Layer (Hardback) - James Aldred

This exquisite book explores one huge tree in the jungle, from roots to canopy... with a huge fold-out surprise at the end.

Offering a perspective rarely seen, Up in the Canopy explores the rainforest layer by layer, as we climb the incredible Kapok tree - a 100-metre tropical tree in the heart of wildest South America - in search of the elusive harpy eagle which lives almost exclusively at great heights.

With artwork as rich and dense as the rainforest itself, there is much to explore at every level, and readers can scour the forest floor, understory and canopy for the world's rarest and most beautiful tropical creatures. Finally reaching the top, they are rewarded with the most magical sight...

As told by James Aldred, author of The Man Who Climbed Trees, and published in conjunction with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

About the Author

James Aldred (Author)
James Aldred is an EMMY and RTS award winning, BAFTA nominated cameraman. Trained by BBC Natural History Unit, James has over 25 years experience specialising in wildlife and filming at height.
In 2022, his book Goshawk Summer won the James Cropper Wainwright nature writing prize.

Good Wives and Warriors (Illustrator)
Becky Bolton and Louise Chappell have been working collaboratively as Good Wives and Warriors since 2007, soon after graduating from the Painting Department at The Glasgow School of Art. They divide their time between designing large-scale installations for fine art settings and undertaking illustration commissions from a diverse range of companies worldwide, including The BBC, Penguin, Facebook, Absolut, Adidas and Swatch.


Good Wives and Warriors have exhibited around the world, including shows in London, Berlin, Paris, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, San Francisco and Sao Paulo.