In the education system that we have been brought up in, most of us who study are bookworms. While we lap up tomes of knowledge, we conveniently forget the worms around us. Or, for that matter, "the ants that march up and down the floor and walls, the house geckos that crawl on the ceiling, the crows that rummage the literbins, and the sparrows that hop in search of the leftovers in the dog's bowl.

This book introduces us to an entirely new vista - backyard wilflife. It takes us through a kaleidoscopic journey - lizards, shinks, snakes, monitors, turtles, frogs, owls, tailorbirds, parakeets, crows, mongooses, rats, cats, bats.... At times, you feel you are reading a mystery novel, going by the way things unfold before you. Before reading the book, you just can't imagine the phenomental world of these creatures and their unique behaviour.