Talk:Observer's Books

Derivation of content
The following is personal observation, so not reliably sourced, but may prompt research from someone better placed.

Having an interest in Nature since childhood, I acquired a number of Observers Books, and subsequently other publications including a number published by Frederick Warne & Co. I have noticed that the Observer's Books volumes on a given nature topic are usually abridgements of more comprehensive volumes previously published by Warne in their 'Wayside and Woodland' series, with greatly edited-down texts and of illustrations extensively drawn from the 'parent' W&W titles. The latter were evidently aimed at an adult-level readership and some were originally published, by Warne or other publishers, as early as the 1890s. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.200.40.9 (talk) 11:27, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, see
 * where we find that the first seven (British Birds through to Grasses, Sedges and Rushes) all used pre-existing illustrations, with text derived from the corresponding book in the Wayside and Woodland series. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 16:50, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * where we find that the first seven (British Birds through to Grasses, Sedges and Rushes) all used pre-existing illustrations, with text derived from the corresponding book in the Wayside and Woodland series. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 16:50, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

In Popular Culture
In the Aardman animated classic Wallace and Grommit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the vicar pulls a reference book off his shelf called "The Observer's Book of Monsters." Surely that's worth a mention in this article? 2600:1700:2480:D2E0:D50B:C2AF:9B2D:2D6E (talk) 23:44, 29 November 2022 (UTC)