"What are the best things about having a home? Our homes are the places we share with our families. Our homes are places where we can feel warm and comfortable; where we can rest and feel safe.
Animals build for the same reasons. Many build nests where they can raise their babies in safety, away from predators. Others build homes where they can stay warm through the winter, or cool during the hot summer months. Some creatures build a place where they can story their food. There are even a few who build simply to impress a mate.
Each story is true. They are stories of incredible animal architects, animals that, just like us, were born to build."
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"We Build Our Homes"
by Laura Knowles and Chris Madden
* Ages: 3+
* Grade Levels: PS+
* Hardcover: 67 pages
* Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group - words & pictures
* Pub. Date: October 16, 2018
* Language: English
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This incredible non-fiction book will mesmerize both young and old readers. It highlights birds, insects, and mammals from around the world and profiles their extraordinary architectural skills. It truly is fascinating as all these scenarios are true.
Knowles chooses interesting unique subjects and their lifestyle is told from the animal's perspective. She includes interesting and educational details of how, where and why these animals build their homes. The illustrations are colourful and beautifully executed bringing their habitats to life.
The author includes twenty-six builders ( including humans ). She clearly explains how these innovative creatures create homes that meet their specific needs from resources that are available to them in the wild.
Among the amazing builders you’ll meet:
- Ovenbirds, who carry clumps of mud up into the trees to make their nest
- Darwin’s bark spiders, who build webs stretching out as far as three buses, end-to-end
- Moles, who use their spade-like paws to dig extensive networks of tunnels with nesting spaces and storerooms where they keep earthworms to snack on later
- Polar bear mothers, who make their dens under the snow to stay in for five long months, nursing their cubs and eating nothing themselves
The book also includes a useful map of the world, and a Builders’ Fact File. It is sure to encourage kids to delve deeper and find out more about the captivating animals that live in our world. It is perfect to include in a classroom or an elementary school library. Kids will love it. I highly recommend "We Build Our Homes".
Storywraps Rating - 5 +++ HUGS!!!!!
Meet the author
Laura Knowles has a background in children's publishing and is the author of Once Upon a Jungle
and It Starts with a Seed, which was awarded the 2017 Margaret Mallett Award for Children's
Non-fiction. Her love of natural history, words and art have drawn her to work on books about animals and nature. She likes tame animals nearly as much as wild ones, and has two elderly goldfish and one very chatty cat.
About the illustrator
Chris Madden is a Salford-born editorial and lifestyle illustrator. Since graduating from Stockport College with a first-class BA honours degree in Design and Visual arts, his illustrations have appeared in many national magazines and newspapers. Chris lives in Manchester, UK with his wife and three children.
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