Finding Home
Amazing Places Animals Live
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
*Longlisted for the 2025 Children's Wrainwright Prize for Non-Fiction*
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
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Chapters present a window into the home-making habits of 20 species in a friendly, reference-like work that ranges across clownfish, meerkats, puffins, and termites. Conversational prose relates the myriad animals' homes to modern-day objects and activities. A bald eagle's nest is compared to the game Jenga, and a wasp's work is described as akin to origami. The tone stays light even while packing in a lot of information about animals' diets and habitats, and Unwin has a knack for noting memorable details, for instance describing how a snow leopard's "long, furry tail wraps around its face like a woolen scarf." In full-bleed scenes, Desmond employs watercolor, acrylic, ink, pencil, and pencil crayon techniques for an immersive effect that underscores the vastness of Earth's landscapes and the diversity of its inhabitants. Captions include surprising factoids, and a conclusion further emphasizes conservation. Ages 5–8.
