Bird Builds a Nest: A Science Story Book about Forces

Martin Jenkins

Walker Books Australia Pty, Limited, 2017 - Birds - 32 pages

A beautifully illustrated picture book introducing young children to the concept of forces.Bird is building her nest. She pushes and pulls twigs into place until she's made a cosy cup, ready and waiting ... can you guess what for? This beautiful picture book is the perfect introduction to forces and the concept of pushing and pulling, and is the third in the new Science Story Book series from Walker Books. Bird Builds a Nest is illustrated by up-and-coming talent Richard Jones and written by author Martin Jenkins, the award-winning author of Can We Save the Tiger? and Ape.

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Bird Builds a Nest: A First Science Storybook

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In this kickoff to the First Science Storybook series, author and biologist Jenkins follows a bird as it builds its nest, but his real goal is to explore the concepts of force and gravity (which are ...

About the author

Martin Jenkins has written many groundbreaking non-fiction books for Walker: Can We Save the Tiger?, The Story of Money and Ape to name a few. He has won several awards for his writing including the 1998 TES Information Book of the Year Junior Award for The Emperor's Egg, and he is the re-teller of Don Quixote and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver, both illustrated by Chris Riddell.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Bird Builds a Nest: A Science Story Book about Forces; A Science Storybook
• Author: Martin Jenkins
• Illustrated by: Richard Jones
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Walker Books Australia Pty, Limited, 2017
• ISBN: 1406355135, 9781406355130
• Length: 32 pages