A young boy and girl observe the activities of a robin family
from the first "cheer-up" call of spring, through nest building,
hatching, and fledging. Additional information about other kinds of
birds and their behaviors is touched upon. One double-spread shows
development within the egg. The format is open and inviting with
illustrations that have child appeal. However, the colors appear
rather flat and washed out, lacking the exuberance one associates
with the season. An adequate accomp
內容簡介:
This first look at robins follows a full year of growth and
change: how the birds develop inside their egg during the spring,
how they mature from chicks into fledglings in the summer, how they
learn to fly in the fall, and how they leave for warmer climes in
winter—only to return when spring comes around again.
關於作者:
Priscilla Belz Jenkins is the author of two other books in the
Let''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. He
lives in the Bronx, NY.