Bird, bee & bug houses : homes and habitats for garden wildlife /
by Behar, Susie; Behar, Susie [author.]; Coombs, Esther [illustrator.].
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BookLewes : Button Books, 2024Edition: First.Description: 56 p. : Full colour illus throughout ; 265 x 230 mm. 514 gm.ISBN: 9781787081444.Classification number: 508 BEHSubject(s): Nature | Habitats (Ecology) | Wildlife conservation | Children's interactive & activity books & packs | Children's / Teenage general interest: Ecosystems | Children's / Teenage general interest: Birds | Children's / Teenage general interest: Insects, spiders, minibeasts | Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world | Interest age: from c 6 years | Wildlife (Children's / Teenage) | Non-Fiction 7+ | Nature, Earth and Environment| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Childrens Hardback | Crosby Library | Childrens Non-Fiction | 508 BEH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003028843X | |||
| Book - Childrens Hardback | Formby Library | Childrens Non-Fiction | 508 BEH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003028842X |
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Glossary.
Introduction -- Homes and habitats -- Make a bird box -- Owl homes -- Awesome owls -- Bird architects -- Build a bird bath -- No-bake bird cake -- Make a butterfly garden -- Beautiful butterflies -- Build a bat house -- Fantastic bats -- Make a bee home -- Inside the hive -- Build a bug hotel -- Build a beetle bank -- Termite towers -- Make a mini pond -- Amazing amphibians -- Pond dipping -- Make a mini meadow -- Become a wildlife detective -- Glossary -- Useful conservation websites .
Discover animal facts and learn how to support garden wildlife with step-by-step instructions for creating sustainable bird, bee, and bug houses. Enhance habitats with small, manageable projects. Perfect for young naturalists, this beautifully illustrated, accessible book is packed with practical activities and information about the wildlife found in our gardens and beyond. Activities include building:
Nest boxes
Beetle banks
Bee homes
Bird and butterfly feeders
Mini wildlife garden
Bug hotel Bat house and loads more.
Children will also learn why supporting our backyard creatures is vital to the success of local ecosystems and the world's biodiversity. Each project includes easy-to-follow illustrated step-by-step instructions and detailed material and tool lists. .
Young People.
7-9.
7-11.
KS2.
Susie Behar is a book editor and writer, with more than 25 years experience of editing children's non-fiction and fiction. She lives in rural West Sussex, UK, surrounded by farmland, open countryside and lots of birds, bees and bugs. She has written books on a number of subjects, including mental health, well-being, the countryside and the natural world.
Esther Coombs is the illustrator of the award-winning Kids Can series including Kids Can Cook Vegetarian, Kids Can Cook and Kids Can Bake, and three children's activity books, The New York Activity Book, The London Activity Book and Plant, Sow, Make & Grow (all published by Button Books). She is a professional illustrator probably best known for drawing buildings; however, she also works with domestic objects and more organic 'natural' subjects such as animals, plants and people. Recent clients include Hampshire Cultural Trust, Kyle Books UK, The Watts Gallery and commercial developers. Coombs lives in Canterbury, England.
See more at esthercoombs.com.
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