{"id":926075,"date":"2025-04-05T16:59:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=926075"},"modified":"2025-04-05T16:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:59:39","slug":"im-building-a-nest-by-saskia-gwinn-and-adam-ming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/05\/im-building-a-nest-by-saskia-gwinn-and-adam-ming\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Building a Nest by Saskia Gwinn and Adam Ming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"926076\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/05\/im-building-a-nest-by-saskia-gwinn-and-adam-ming\/nest\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nest.jpg?fit=556%2C686\" data-orig-size=\"556,686\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nest.jpg?fit=556%2C686\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-926076\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nest.jpg?resize=417%2C515\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nest.jpg?w=556 556w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nest.jpg?resize=243%2C300 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Bird as she discovers how animals make their homes in this clever creature caper, packed with oodles of facts and a spoonful of silliness!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Caves, holes, hills, hives and especially\u00a0<em>nests \u2013\u00a0<\/em>they all make GREAT\u00a0<strong>homes for animals<\/strong>\u00a0but there are SO many MORE. From snow drifts, webs and shells to logs, pebbles and tunnels and even a hot underwater volcano, follow Bird as she discovers how\u00a0<strong>over 50 different animals<\/strong>\u00a0make, find and build their homes in this super-fun collection of awesome animal tales.<\/p>\n<p>Find out whose home is also used as a trip wire, wrapping paper, parachute . . . and \u00a0submarine?! (Spider!) Or which animal clears a tidy a path to their log-pile house to make it easier for visitors? (Rattlesnake! But watch out, visitors . . . \u00a0<em>this\u00a0<\/em>animal plans to gobble you up!) Whose home has a larder, dining room\u00a0<em>and\u00a0<\/em>super-slidey escape tunnel?! (Mole!) Plus find out which house ends up being the BEST after all. And guess what? It\u2019s not just birds who make nests as this\u00a0<em>this\u00a0<\/em>little Bird is about to find out!<\/p>\n<p>Children will love discovering all the different kinds of animal homes and which\u00a0<strong>clever creatures<\/strong>\u00a0made, found and built them with\u00a0<strong>awesome facts<\/strong>\u00a0that are easy to remember to make\u00a0<strong>learning about the animal world<\/strong>\u00a0fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quarto.com\/books\/9780711295544\/i-m-building-a-nest\">Happy Yak<\/a>, the publishers are an imprint of Quarto and have a great collection of books which are happy, fun and full of imagination.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quarto.com\/books\/9780711295544\/i-m-building-a-nest\">Saskia Gwinn<\/a> has a huge experience in children's books has written and published award-winning books for every age and on every topic .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adamming.com\/illustration\">Adam Ming,<\/a> illustrator is Malaysian and\u00a0 lives in Kuala Lumpur, his illustrations are lively and bring all the characters to life.<\/p>\n<p>A wonderfully informative and entertaining book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sue Martin Children's Literacy Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1378\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1378\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/12\/04\/theres-a-tiger-in-the-garden-by-lizzie-stewart\/dolphin-rt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dolphin-rt.jpg?fit=260%2C348\" data-orig-size=\"260,348\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dolphin Book Blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Part of Books Go Walkabout, Stories across the world.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dolphin-rt.jpg?fit=260%2C348\" class=\" wp-image-1378\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dolphin-rt.jpg?resize=189%2C253\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dolphin-rt.jpg?w=260 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dolphin-rt.jpg?resize=224%2C300 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of Books Go Walkabout, Stories across the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<br>\r\nDolphinbooksellers.co.uk is part of <a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\">SmithMartin\r\nLLP<\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. Offering a miscellany of news and featured authors for all our readers,\r\nwhatever their age.<\/small><br><br><br>\r\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow Bird as she discovers how animals make their homes in this clever creature caper, packed with oodles of facts and a spoonful of silliness! Caves, holes, hills, hives and especially\u00a0nests \u2013\u00a0they all make GREAT\u00a0homes for animals\u00a0but there are SO many MORE. From snow drifts, webs and shells to logs, pebbles and tunnels and even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/05\/im-building-a-nest-by-saskia-gwinn-and-adam-ming\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"I&#8217;m Building a Nest by Saskia Gwinn and Adam Ming\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<br>\r\nDolphinbooksellers.co.uk is part of <a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\">SmithMartin\r\nLLP<\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. 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