In the Belly of an Ox: The Unexpected Photographic Adventures of Richard and Cherry Kearton

Written and illustrated by Rebecca Bond

Two farm boys invent wild disguises to photograph nesting birds up close.

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32 pages· 1,171 words· Est. 10 min read-aloud· AD1000L· AR 5.3 · 0.5 AR pts

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Growing up on the Yorkshire moors, brothers Richard and Cherry Kearton loved nature and wanted to photograph it. To get close to nesting birds, they built clever camouflage hides, including one inside the belly of an ox. Their work became the first natural history book illustrated entirely with photographs, and it helped change how people treated birds and their nests.

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Raised in the moorlands of Yorkshire, Richard and Cherry Kearton developed a boyhood fascination with nature that fostered their great desire to photograph it. Together the brothers invented ingenious camouflage "hides" (including one inside the belly of an ox) in order to get closer to their subjects of birds. After three years, the brothers published the first natural history book entirely illustrated with photographs; it changed the way people view birds and their nests, inspiring them to protect them rather than plunder them.

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