Animals Build Amazing Homes

Step-Up Books

by Hedda Nussbaum, Christopher Santoro (Illustrator)

Anecdotal descriptions covering fifteen different animal homes describe how each home is built, its functions, and its suitability to the animal's behavior and environment

Genres: Animals

70 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Hedda Nussbaum is an American woman who was caretaker for a six-year-old girl who died of physical abuse in 1987. The death of the girl, Lisa Steinberg, sparked a controversial trial and media frenzy.
Nussbaum argued her case in her 2005 memoir Surviving Intimate Terrorism. Prior to the trial, she was also the author of a couple of educational children's books.