The author includes twenty-six builders ( including humans ). The illustrations are colourful and beautifully executed bringing their habitats to life. She includes interesting and educational details of how, where and why these animals build their homes. Knowles chooses interesting unique subjects and their lifestyle is told from the animal's perspective. It truly is fascinating as all these scenarios are true.
It highlights birds, insects, and mammals from around the world and profiles their extraordinary architectural skills. This incredible non-fiction book will mesmerize both young and old readers. The rating, ideas and opinions shared are my own.
The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book upon request. A great addition to a public or school library. As an adult, I even learned some new things. I could see this book in a late primary to early junior classroom. We Build Our Homes is about animals' creativity and architectural skills that could be used in a classroom to discuss buildings, as well as habitats and animal environments. There are a lot of birds with amazing nests, then it moves on to insects and mammals. There are 26 different animals, including many you might not have heard of before. He was fascinated with the illustrations and asked me questions that I answered based on the text. There is a lot of text and he didn't want to listen to it all. I read (or tried to read) this book to my five year old grandson and he was too young. This is a non-fiction book full of wonderful illustrations and information that should get children talking about different things. This is an amazing book about Animal Architects, habitats and various reasons that animal homes are the way they are. From big beaver dams to tiny caddisfly cases, this beautifully illustrated picture book explores each animal’s incredible home and uncovers the reasons why they build.įeaturing 26 creatures from around the world, each amazing animal architect tells its own "micro story" about its impressive architectural skills in this delightfully unique wildlife book.Īmong the amazing builders you’ll meet:Ovenbirds, who carry clumps of mud up into the trees to make their nestDarwin’s bark spiders, who build webs stretching out as far as three buses, end-to-endMoles, who use their spade-like paws to dig extensive networks of tunnels with nesting spaces and storerooms where they keep earthworms to snack on laterPolar bear mothers, who make their dens under the snow to stay in for five long months, nursing their cubs and eating nothing themselvesThrough lyrical text and entrancing edge-to-edge illustrations, admire the spectacular ingenuity of these animal architects. It’s not only humans who can build incredible structures: around the world, mammals, birds, and insects can be found building incredible things.
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