The world map shows locations and key facts for each animal with lists for mini beasts builders and mammal builders. It is not only humans who can create incredible structures around the world there are weaver birds, gophers, termites, honey bees, meerkats and moles. These are small stories of incredible animal architects. On the back of the book a beaver wanders across his lodge as he makes a dam under which he and his family can live.

The front cover is beautiful, and shows a shiny blue, bower bird making his home with all sorts of useful and interesting things, like a wrist band and jam jar top. Īnother great book from Lorna Knowles and Chris Madden. Each page has a stunning picture with the text woven into the illustrations. It is packed with information about how different creatures make their homes. So often when I’ve coloured gorgeous pictures, I’ve thought about hanging them, only to decide against it on account of the fact I’d have to choose between sides.We Build Our Homes is a beautiful book to have and to read. They’re ideal for hanging on the wall or on an easel. One of the things I like most about this particular colouring book is that the pages are perforated and blank on the back. We could also have a look at pictures of countries we know and see which animals we recognised from We Travel So Far. The art work is absolutely beautiful – it’s bright and colourful, without being patronising, and accurate whilst maintaining its style.Īdding in the information from the maps colouring book, we were able to build up a pretty good idea of how far things had come in relation to existing journeys that we’ve taken – my kids know how long it takes for us to drive from Scotland to Denmark and we could look at that distance on the map and match it to those the animals had taken. Whether they’re going home to mate, or to spend winter in warmer climates, the book offers an insight into the lives of many incredible creatures that I’m guilty of taking for granted.įor example, I had no idea whatsoever that the humble monarch butterfly was a migratory creature! The skies outside have certainly become a lot busier and I wonder how many residents we’ll have by the time summer is out!Ĭoincidentally, We Travel So Far by Laura Knowles and Chris Madden arrived in our local library this week and gleefully we took it home to pair with our Wildlife maps colouring book.Īs you can probably guess from the title, this book follows the migration journeys of various animals from around the world.

There’s something about the construction of our cottage which seems to make it particularly inviting to these amazing birds and last year, we had over 30 nests by the end of the season. Recently, we’ve enjoyed watching the swallows and house martens return to their nests around our eaves.

We Build Our Homes by Laura Knowles