Amazing Animal Homes

by Chris Packham

Get ready to meet some fascinating animals and find out all about their incredible homes in this beautiful and informative non-fiction picture book written by wildlife expert and BBC presenter Chris Packham.Just like us, animals need a place to call home. From a beaver’s dam and a honey bee’s hive to a red ovenbird’s nest and a snail’s shell, explore the amazing homes of some incredible creatures from all over the world.Uncover extra information about these fascinating animals in the Find Out More section at the back of the book. An excellent source of expert wildlife information for all young nature lovers, this animal book is the perfect introduction to the natural world for children.Collect more fascinating books in the Amazing Animal Journeys and Amazing Animal BabiesChris Packham presented the BBC children's series The Really Wild Show before setting up his own TV company and making wildlife shows for ITV, National Geographic, Animal Planet and the BBC. He also presents BBC's Springwatch and Autumnwatch.Award-winning illustrator Jason Cockcroft is best known for his internationally acclaimed picture book illustrations and his cover artwork for the final three Harry Potter books. He has a Blue Peter Award and has also been nominated for the Kate Greenaway award.

Genres: Picture Books, Nonfiction, Animals, Nature, Science

32 pages, Paperback

Published June 28, 2018

About the author

Chris Packham is a British naturalist and TV presenter and is well known for his many BBC television series since the days of The Really Wild Show through to Springwatch. He is an award winning photographer and writer, whose career has revolved around promoting public awareness of wildlife and conservation for more than 25 years. He continues to be a part of pioneering natural history television, such as Secrets of our Living Planet, Inside the Animal Mind and Operation Iceberg.

Reviews

[Joanna]

I read a book like this last year and was a little worried that this would more or less be redundant. It wasn’t! I don’t know that any of the animals were repeated (there are a lot of animals in the world, so one would hope we wouldn’t constantly write about just a few) and they were all very interesting. I was particularly interested in the Redoven Birds and their perfect little houses that they work really hard on and the kind of weird Star Pearlfish who live inside sea cucumber butts. Yep. Butts.
The illustrations are beautiful as well, so all in all this is an excellent book.

Also I read it to the chickens at work. Can’t say they were super into it, but also I’ve never read to them before.

[Jamie Macaluso]

This book has beautiful illustrations. The story is traveling the world showing different ecosystems and animal homes. It compares animals to another and also shows differences! I enjoyed this book although it could have a better story behind it so that students would be more interested in it because I could see children getting bored!

[Karla]

I wanted to like this more... but I didn't
It just was too much for the intended audience
wasn't as engaging as I felt it should be
there are other books on this topic that do the job, simply better

[Kelly]

Interesting information in the nicely illustrated book about unique animal homes.

[Koen vV]

Vanaf ongeveer zes jaar. Beknopt maar met leuke weetjes en mooi getekend. Ook de "extra" weetjes achteraan zijn zeker de moeite.