It's not only humans who can build incredible structures: around the world, mammals, birds and insects can be found building incredible things. 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.

Featuring 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.

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

Through lyrical text and entrancing edge-to-edge illustrations, admire the spectacular ingenuity of these animal architects.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 4-7 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2018 by Aurum Press .

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. He is the illustrator of words & pictures titles We Travel So Far and We Build Our Homes . Laura Knowles has degrees in Publishing and Classical Studies. Her love of natural history, words and art have drawn her to work on books about animals and nature.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction
Weaver Birds
Satin Bowerbirds
Oven Birds
Sociable Weavers
Edible-nest Swiftlets
Hummingbirds
White Storks
Malleefowl
Termites
Honey Bees
Paper Wasps
Caddisfly Larvae
Trapdoor Spiders
Darwin's Bark Spiders
Weaver Ants
Butterflies
Yellow-spotted Monitor Lizards
European Moles
Aardvarks
Meerkats
Bears
Gophers
Harvest Mice
Beavers
Chimpanzees
Humans
World Map
Animal Architect stats