|
The Best Nest (Beginner Books(R)) | 
 enlarge | Author: P.d. Eastman
Brand: INGRAM BOOK & DISTRIBUTOR
Category: Book
List Price: $8.99
Buy Used: $0.01
You Save: $8.98 (100%)
New (35) Used (37) Collectible (6) from $0.01
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 50955
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 72
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.7 x 0.4
MPN: ING0394800516
ISBN: 0394800516
EAN: 9780394800516
ASIN: 0394800516
Publication Date: July 12, 1968
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, best prices.
| |
| Features:
| • | CHILDRENS BOOKS & MUSIC | | • | Childrens Books | | • | Language Arts |
|
| Accessories:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Illustrated in full color. Mr. and Mrs. Bird's search for a better nest leads them to some peculiar spots.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 My daughter loved this book when she was 2. August 23, 2008
R. Rosen (Los Angeles)
This is a darling story that my daughter and I read practically every night for a year!
 an Absolute Classic! June 28, 2008
Margaret Anne Suggs (Dublin, Ireland)
This is the book you remember from your childhood! A Classic! Great to read aloud, or great for a beginning reader to read to you.
On the question of stereotypes May 30, 2008
Warlock One (Portland OR)
...I have to agree, Philip Dey Eastman's "The Best Nest" definitely raises some questions in the modern adult's mind about gender stereotypes. Aside from putting the thrust of the story into motion- unnecessarily- Mrs. Bird is bossy, demanding, critical of her husband's judgement (while not possessing any better judgement of her own), irresponsible (she forces her husband to search for her), prone to change her mind on a whim, and completely unapologetic about all of the above. One can almost imagine the "Ain't that just like a woman?" snicker. As an adult, one can recognize that the book is a product of its era (it was first published in 1968), but the question definitely needs to be asked: "Can my child make that kind of distinction? Or am I teaching something about the interplay between men and women, and married couples, that I would prefer not to?"
For myself, I'll say the bouncy wording and bright illustrations would probably appeal to very young children, and children over ten (if they're still interested in things at this level) probably *are* capable of recognizing that the characters are just characters and not role models. But I might hesitate to read this to a child in between those ranges... I'd much rather go with _One Fish, Two Fish_, or _The Sneetches_, or even Eastman's own _Go, Dog, Go!_.
If your child's game of "house" gets a lot bossier after this book becomes their favorite... You've been warned.
 The Best Nest for sure! March 1, 2008
Miss Dahl (PA, USA)
I love these beginner books the binding is so sturdy on them. The story is so cute and what an adventure these birds have in their quest for a new home. They set out cause the wife decides she just can't stand their old place so off the couple go trying things from a hole in a tree, to a shoe, to a mailbox but all those places are already occupied by a raccoon, to a foot, to a pile of mail!! So the wife finds a beautiful bell tower and says "this is the place to make our nest" and the little hubby bird is at first a little hesitant thinking the place is just too big but she says 'oh no I like this big place" and so they settle and get busy at seeking out items to make their nest and this is where the book gets really funny cause they get things from'horse hair to mattress stuffing to human hair to sweater string and right off the people!! The expressions on the people they take from are just a hoot even my daughter yells "Hey their taking hair from his beard!". And at the end of the day the couple have built themselves one beautiful nest and the hubby bird is so happy he goes out of the bell tower (of course neither knowing it was a bell tower) and he gets up on the very top to sing his little song "I love my home I love my nest in the all the world my nest is best" and while hes whistling away all gleeful he fails to notice the man who comes to ring the bell everyday and all the sudden you just hear "ding dong ding dong ding dong" and of course the mother bird is RIGHT under the bell (cause thats where she built herself the best nest) so she flies out of there like lightening! The hubby bird returns to a big old mess the nest is destroyed and his wife is missing and he starts searching for her high and low in chimneys in trees everywhere he can possibly think of and just as he's starting to lose hope it gets worse he sees a "big fat cat with a big fat smile" and a few little feathers right by his "big fat smile" and thinks "Oh no that fat cat got Mrs. Bird" and so he's so upset and is flying around all frantically and a storm rolls in and he's so upset but he has to stop and rest and BOOM slams right into his old birdhouse "that old nest Mrs. Bird hated" and gets himself inside and there is Mrs. Bird! singing his song "I love my home I love my nest in the all the world my nest is best" and he's shocked "who, you, what are you doing here I thought you hated this old place" and she's had a change of heart and tells me "Not me cause even a mother bird can change her mind" and shows that she's sitting on a new big blue baby egg. The only qualm I have with this book is the wife bird uses the word hate and I prefer not to introduce that word to my toddler so I just edit it out when I read it! Its a great little short story especially if your little one is a bird watcher like mine. I also recommend "P.J. Funnybunny" by the same author that book is so fantastic!
Not PD's Best... February 13, 2008
Cosmo Kramer (Los Angeles)
I bought this for my niece because I always liked PD's other books as a child and this is one I hadn't seen. I previously bought her "Flap Your Wings" which is a great, fun little story, so I thought this book would be as good. It's not. It's kind of dumb, really, and there are a few things that I really don't like for little kids. First, Mrs. Bird says she "hates her nest" and she gets her way and they move. Teaching kids to say they "hate" something to get their way? Nope. Second, toward the end, Mr. Bird thinks his wife is DEAD. He thinks she's been eaten by a cat. Wow. That's bad for little kids, right? No warning there, as PD's other books involve dogs in race cars, teaching an alligator to fly, or looking for your Mom. Dead wife? Yikes. Why couldn't he just wonder where she went? Why make him think she's been digested by a cat? It's not even consistent with the story!
I should have read the book before reading it to my niece, but there was a time crunch. I give it a 3 because even though I'm not sure it's so good, she really likes it. The second time I read it to her, I edited it so that it wasn't so harsh. She's 2.5 years old, and even after 1 reading she could answer questions about the story. So as a learning book, it's right on par. I just wish they would edit it a bit. Change Mrs. Bird's objection, and take out the cat page, and it's a much better book for toddlers!
But honestly, I would recommend "Are You My Mother" "Go Dog Go" and "Flap Your Wings" and say leave "Nest" for another day...
|
|
|
| |
