![]() ![]() Recommended for all ages and especially for ages 6-10 years. Laura Knowles has a love of natural history and along with Chris Madden, they have produced this creative and visual book of facts and creatures, making every little creature come alive on every page.Ī great book from publishers Word and Pictures, part of The Quarto Group, making books open the doors of children’s imagination and exploring other worlds. We Build Our Homes follows on from Laura’s previous book called We Travel So Far and Once Upon a Jungle, The Coral Kingdom, and It Starts with a Seed, which was awarded the Margaret Mallett Award for Children’s Non-fiction. The world map shows locations and key facts for each animal with lists for mini beasts builders and mammal builders. It is not only humans who can create incredible structures around the world there are weaver birds, gophers, termites, honey bees, meerkats and moles. These are small stories of incredible animal architects. On the back of the book a beaver wanders across his lodge as he makes a dam under which he and his family can live. The front cover is beautiful, and shows a shiny blue, bower bird making his home with all sorts of useful and interesting things, like a wrist band and jam jar top. Īnother great book from Lorna Knowles and Chris Madden. Our house is a nest, a secure place where to return, and a place in grade to speak of our habits, our customs, our traditions. ![]() Each page has a stunning picture with the text woven into the illustrations. We build Our Homes by Laura Knowles is a wonderful, beautifully illustrated children's books about the various houses created by animals. It is packed with information about how different creatures make their homes. ![]() We Build Our Homes is a beautiful book to have and to read. ![]()
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