内容简介
This first look at robins follows a full year of growth andchange: how the birds develop inside their egg during the spring,how they mature from chicks into fledglings in the summer, how theylearn to fly in the fall, and how they leave for warmer climes inwinter—only to return when spring comes around again.
编辑推荐
A young boy and girl observe the activities of a robin familyfrom the first "cheer-up" call of spring, through nest building,hatching, and fledging. Additional information about other kinds ofbirds and their behaviors is touched upon. One double-spread showsdevelopment within the egg. The format is open and inviting withillustrations that have child appeal. However, the colors appearrather flat and washed out, lacking the exuberance one associateswith the season. An adequate accompaniment to Barrie Watts's Birds'Nest (Silver Burdett, 1991), a photographic presentation of thenesting season of the blue titmouse.
Gr. 1-3. More complex than most stage-one books in the Let'sRead-and-Find-Out series, this begins with a pair of Americanrobins building a nest in a suburban garden. Two kids watch thenest and see the eggs hatch out and the babies learn to fly. At thesame time they read about birds in all kinds of places. Thebook-within-a-book may be a bit confusing for early readers, butt
作者简介
Priscilla Belz Jenkins is the author of two other books in theLet's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series: A Nest Full of Eggs,illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell, and Falcons Nest on Skyscrapers,illustrated by Megan Lloyd. Ms. Jenkins lives in San Rafael,CA.
Martin Classen has illustrated Tide Pools by Ronald Rood. Helives in the Bronx, NY