The Home Builders by Varsha Bajaj – OPTIONAL

The Home Builders byVarsha Bajaj and Illustrated by Simona Mulazzani. PICTURE BOOK. Nancy Paulsen Book s (penguin), 2019. $18.  9780399166853

BUYING ADVISORY: EL(K-3) – OPTIONAL  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

This book focuses on forest animals that building homes, such as eagles, foxes, moles, and bees. We see them taking shelter in the homes they build and raising their young. Most pages have just two short lines of text with large stunning illustrations.

The illustrations in this book are just lovely –though some are just on the page out of context, like almost the beehive images are just stuck on the page –like a strange excerpt. It might make a nice introduction for young readers about life in the forest.  I would have like to see it presented in a way more relatable to young readers, maybe engage their senses –like peek in here, look up there, did you hear?

Reviewer: Stephanie MLS & Author