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Published on 21. September 2023
64 pages
978-0-7112-8710-5 (ISBN)
Description
From the winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's book, comes a beautiful meditation on what makes a home.
Each creature featured in this beautiful collection shows a unique way that they build their home, and poetic text accompanies each, making this both a narrative, non-fiction treasury and a poetic reflection on what nature can teach us. Discover how a beaver builds a safe dam for it's family and how a tailor bird forages for grasses and animal hairs to use as threads, to sew a truly tailor-made nest. In this book, children and parents alike will discover in vivid colour and poetry, all the wild ways there are to build a home.
Each creature featured in this beautiful collection shows a unique way that they build their home, and poetic text accompanies each, making this both a narrative, non-fiction treasury and a poetic reflection on what nature can teach us. Discover how a beaver builds a safe dam for it's family and how a tailor bird forages for grasses and animal hairs to use as threads, to sew a truly tailor-made nest. In this book, children and parents alike will discover in vivid colour and poetry, all the wild ways there are to build a home.
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Edition
UK Edition Only
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Kindergarten to Second Grade, Interest Age: From 3 to 6 years
File size
61,69 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7112-8710-5 (9780711287105)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
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Persons
ISABELLE SIMLER has written and illustrated over twenty books for children. Sweet Dreamers, My Wild Cat, Plume, and The Blue Hour (all Eerdmans) were all featured in the Society of Illustrators "The Original Art" annual exhibition. Plume was also named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book 2017. Isabelle lives in France. Vineet Lal is a literary translator of books from French to English, including A Perfect Spot and a Head Full of Birds. He studied French at Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh. Vineet lives in Scotland. Follow him on Twitter @vineet_uk.
Content
- Cover
- COSY HOUSE of the European penduline tit
- STONY VILLA of the common octopus
- SILK APARTMENT of the Madagascan moon moth
- TUBULAR PIED-À-TERRE of the European fan worm
- LEAFY FORTRESS of the weaver ant
- FOAM HIDING PLACE of the foam-nest tree frog
- LACE CITADEL of the European garden spider
- HAUTE COUTURE BEDCHAMBER of the common tailorbird
- WOODEN LODGE of the European beaver
- PAPIER MÂCHÉ HOTEL of the common wasp
- MOSSY MINIATURE HOME of the hummingbird
- RENTED SHELL of the hermit crab
- CLAY SKYSCRAPER of the cathedral termite
- DEBRIS-COATED DWELLING of the case-making caddisfly
- MOUNTAIN KINGDOM of the golden eagle
- BUBBLE HOUSE of the diving bell spider
- UNDERGROUND REFUGE of the alpine marmot
- MUD BUNGALOW of the red ovenbird
- HOME-IN-A-PACKAGE of the hazel leaf-rolling weevil
- STRAW APARTMENT BLOCK of the sociable weaver bird
- GRASSY LODGE of the harvest mouse
- CACTUS CABIN of the elf owl
- SHELL-COVERED SHELTER of the carrier snail
- WOVEN ABODE of the Baya weaver bird
- BUNK BED IN THE BRANCHES of the Sumatran orangutan
