I'm Building a Nest

Saskia Gwinn has spent nearly 20 years carefully crafting beautiful books to inspire kids of all ages. She has worked as Head of Children’s Non-fiction for Bloomsbury Publishing, as Editorial Director for A&C Black and as Editor for educational publishers and magazines. She has written and published award-winning books for every age and on every topic, from how time began to the silliest things in the world today. Her books include Secrets from the North Pole and Secrets from the Fairy World – where she has “helped” Santa’s Head Elf, and the Guardian of the Great Fairy Tree, to share the secrets of their magical worlds. Adam Ming is a Malaysian illustrator. He makes witty and energetic illustrations with a comic sensibility. His illustrations jump off the page, with a tactile quality that makes you want to pick them up. Adam is obsessed with the creative process, constantly refining his own practice; which he writes about in his popular “Adam’s Notes” Newsletter.He lives with his wife and daughter in Kuala Lumpur.

• I’M BUILDING A NESTRuby-throated hummingbirdWE’RE MAKING NESTS, TOOStork, trumpeter swan, beaver,swiftlet, red-headed woodpeckerI’M SPINNING A WEBGarden web spider, jumping spider,nursery web spider, golden divingbell spider, golden silk orb weaverI’M GOING BALLOONINGCrab spiderI’M ROLLING UP POOPDung beetle, minotaur beetle, Africandung beetle, rainbow scarab beetleI’M BURROWING A HOLEBumblebeeI’M LOOKING FOR LOGSRattlesnakeI’M MAKING A MOUNDTermiteI’M DIGGING A TUNNELMole, Zambian mole rat, badger, wormEVEN MORE TUNNELS!Greater bilby, armadillo, aardvark,warthogWE’RE BORROWING TUNNELSMeerkatI’M CLIMBING TO A CAVESnow leopardI’M SCOOPING OUT SNOWPolar bearWE’RE DIGGING SNOW DENSArctic hare, ringed seal, arctic wolf,arctic foxWE’RE MAKING DENS, TOO!Spectacled bear, brown bear,sloth bear, panda, black bearI’M PILING UP PEBBLESAdelie penguinI’M STACKING UP SHELLSGloomy octopusI’M HIDING IN AHOT-WATER SPRINGYeti crabEVEN MOREOCEAN HOMES!Leopard shark, butterflyfish,clownfish, limpet, rock gunnel eel,hermit crabSO WHICH HOME IS BEST ?EVEN MORE NESTS!Queen wasp, harvest mouse, alligator,squirrel, gorilla, Siamese fighting fish,duck-billed platypusWE BUILT NESTS, TOO!Maiasaura