An Anthology of Our Extraordinary Earth

This is a flip through review of An Anthology of Our Extraordinary Earth by Cally Oldershaw.
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[@colorswordsandlearning]

Doesn't it overlap with Wonders of nature a bit.... Such a wonderful series though .. esp loved that last summary with pictures ...
Thank you for such great videos.

[@cuddlepotbootcamp]

Hi thank you so much for the kind words and watching, I really appreciate it 😊 we absolutely love this series! There are a couple of topics or so that are the same but the content is different so they don't really overlap and they are by different authors as well. I hope that helps ☺️
Anyways, I hope you have a lovely day and thanks again for watching!