This book is very informative for young readers. It shows the different types of Nests that birds make, what they make them out of and why they make them. This would be a great book for a young child who wants a bird as a pet, or is interested in birds.

This book was awesome. I love how the story is more factual, but my favorite part is that all the pictures are labeled. The illustrations are beautiful and also help to inform the reader of what the nests actually look like.

The artwork carries this story. Basically, it's a labeling of different kinds of birds and the type of nests they make.

A beautiful informational picture book to introduce young children to the many styles of nests that birds make or don’t make as in the Brown Headed Cowbird that leave their eggs in other bird’s nests. Each page or page spread offers one simple line of text in bold type that describes the information in the illustrations. The rest of the page is given over to gorgeous woodcut and digital media illustrations with the name of the birds depicted on that page. Additional birds are depicted on front m...

This book is all about bird nests. It discusses all the different places where birds make their nests, like the ground or up in trees. Also, what types of things that birds use to make their nests out of. Finally, the book says why birds make nests, which is to keep their eggs safe until they are ready to leave and make their own nest. Additionally, On each page their is a different kind of bird and in small print it says what kind of bird it is. The bird on the page correlates to the kind of ne...

Beautifully vibrant illustrated book about bird's nests and their variety--their shapes, location, and shapes. Best as a on the lap read, but could be shared with a group of preschoolers. 3.5 rounded up.

Simple and the exact opposite of wordy. Read as is will be nice for littles (3-5) with short attention spans. In addition this also works for the 6-7 age frame because the beautifully detailed and realistic illustrations make way for further exploration. I used this book in my homeschool for ages 3, 6, and 7 in a lesson on this topic. Activity idea: Have kiddos draw a bird nest after the story. One of mine drew eggs in theirs while the others did chicks, and an empty nest lol.

Michael Garland's illustrations put this book over the top. Beautiful and accurate! A perfect read for Year of the Bird!

This is a perfect book for young children. Beautiful illustrations and simple sentences but yet an abundance of great vocabulary. I listened to it on a youtube read-aloud and I loved it. she read it for little children and pointed out important details in the pictures. I found this book on the Children's Book Council website https://www.cbcbooks.org/readers/read...

The text of this book is pretty simple, but the illustrations will keep readers interested and asking questions on every page.

As I read this story, I found it is very informative as it discusses different types of nests birds make in different places to protect their eggs and chicks. Although this book provides much information I did not find it very engaging, and feel maybe this could be used as an independent read but wouldn't use for a read aloud. Lastly although I don't feel its an engaging book, I do feel their are beautiful images displayed in this text. By: Randi Triantafillou

This book explains about birds nests in a variety of ways. It explains the different kinds of nests birds make, what materials each use, the location, and why they build them. This can help children to understand that not all birds make nests out of sticks and are in the trees. I would like to add on how it was really nice that it provided the illustrations of different breeds of birds and their names. As well, it establishes the different physical characteristics of some bird species based on g...

Beautiful illustrations. Show many different kinds of birds and the different nest they build perfect for k-2nd grade.

Every primary group I read this one too loved it. It's the perfect nonfiction picture book for that age group. There are plenty of opportunities to stop and talk about what they are wondering about and what they have noticed. My favourite conversations were about why all the male birds were so colourful compared to the females. A kindergarten student surmised that, "the mom's have to be camouflaged because they have to be safe to look after the babies." The artwork is absolutely glorious!

Good introductory information and beautiful woodcut illustrations.

Learn about all the ways birds create their nests. Really like that all the different birds are labeled. Beautiful illustrations.

This is a book about different kinds of birds and it shows you the difference in the male and female in a couple of the species. It also tells you about the nests they make. It tells you the shape of the nests , the location of the nests or what the nest is made of. It is the perfect book for young readers or readers just starting out (4-8 years old ) because it uses very simple sentences while also still being educational. The pictures play a big part in the reading because it shows you just as...

Etsy simple nonfiction introduction, with textural pictures.

Michael Garland is the award-winning and best-selling author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. The artwork in this exquisitely illustrated picture book depicting the many kinds of nests made by birds carries the story. Garland has used traditional woodcut and digital tools accompanied by very sparse text: One simple line of text that describes information depicted in the illustrations. The illustrations will engage readers and will generate questions on each eye-catching spread.

I liked this book because it had a variety of birds in it, including flamingos & ostriches. The story also described how each bird makes their own nests based on what type of bird they are. It was fascinating learning about the different types of nests that birds make. The author also described the purposes of birds having nests, including to keep their eggs/babies safe. It was great to learn about something I hadn't known before!