A huge amount of fascinating information is conveyed as much by the stunning illustrations as by the succinct, informative text. This is a glorious book.

BookTrust

<i>Finding Home</i> is a book to return to, to share and to savour.

Best Books for Schools

...a lovely splash of the natural world ... a library necessity and very much welcomed by the young reader beginning to go beyond the superficial with animals.

Armadillo Magazine

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Paired with gorgeous watercolor illustrations, entries about each animal provide unique insight into their means of survival. A strong addition wherever animal and ecology books are popular.

School Library Journal Reviews

Graceful and accurately detailed ... Natural engineering at its most astonishing.

Kirkus

Mike Unwin and illustrator Jenni Desmond ... know just how to make children’s precious imaginations soar.

- Best Children's Books of 2018, The Guardian on MIGRATION

This non-fiction picture book is a beautifully illustrated, fact-filled goldmine

Children's Book and Media Review on MIGRATION

Each double-page spread summons an outstanding example of migration. We’ve seen many of them before, such as the epic flights of arctic terns and wandering albatross, but others are less well known

Redeemed Reader on MIGRATION

Desmond’s art, created with watercolour, acrylic, ink, pencil, and pencil crayon, incorporates a paragraph of additional information about each species. It is her images that make this oversize album stand out

Kirkus on MIGRATION

Take a tour of 20 unforgettable animal homes: unearth polar bear dens deep beneath the Arctic snow, soar above eagle nests as big as cars and marvel at the remoras that make themselves comfortable on the ocean's deadliest predators.Finding Home is a celebration of animals and their drive to survive no matter the odds - finding shelter in every nook and cranny on Earth, from the obvious to the unusual. With rich, vivid non-fiction storytelling and arresting illustrations, this is an essential collection for anyone fascinated by animals and the wild ways they live.A stunning sequel from Mike Unwin and Jenni Desmond, the internationally bestselling duo behind Migration.'Evocative' – Armadillo Magazine
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Take a tour of 20 unforgettable animal homes: unearth polar bear dens deep beneath the Arctic snow, soar above eagle nests as big as cars and marvel at the remoras that make themselves comfortable on the ocean's deadliest predators.
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A stunning sequel from Mike Unwin and Jenni Desmond, the internationally bestselling and multi award-winning duo behind Migration (sold in 10 languages worldwide)

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781526638281
Publisert
2024-06-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Forfatter
Illustratør

Om bidragsyterne

Mike Unwin, a UK Travel Writer of the Year, is the author of more than 30 books on the subject, including the Encyclopedia of Birds (Bloomsbury) and Southern African Wildlife (Bradt).

Jenni Desmond won the 2015 Best Emerging Talent Award and her debut Red Cat, Blue Cat won the Cambridgeshire Read it Again! Award in 2012. Her moving title The Polar Bear became a 'New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book' of the year.