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The Best Nest (Beginner Books(R))

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THIS BOOK WAS BOUGHT FOR ME WHEN I WAS A CHILD. IT IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND I CAN REMEMBER TO THIS DAY THE VERSE THAT IS REPEATED IN THE BEST NEST ON MOST OF THE PAGES. "I LOVE MY HOUSE ,I LOVE MY NEST IN ALL THE WORLD MY NEST IS BEST. I AM NOW 35 AND I AM SO PLEASED I HAVE FOUND THIS BOOK TO BUY ONLINE AS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT EVERYWHERE SO THAT I CAN READ IT TOO MY KIDS AND I HOPE THEY LIKE IT AS MUCH AS I DID. ANYONE WITH SMALL CHILDREN SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK.

This was my favorite book as a child-- my mom must have read it to me hundreds of times. I am now expecting my first child and this will be one of the first books that I purchase for her!

This book I know by heart, and I am 23 years old. My mother also knows it by heart because she had to read it to me over and over when I was a child. It was a joy to share this book with my niece and it will be a joy when I have children of my own to read this a thousand times like my mother did. I still have my old copy, and my neice has her brand new copy I bought for her on the day of her birth. It's a classic book teaching that "in all the world, this nest is best"

My daycare kids love this book. There is a scream of glee when they see it. It's a fun read. This book has a great rhythm to it. The kids sign a long when I sing Mr. Bird's song. " I love my house. I love my nest. In the all the world this nest is best." MUST HAVE BOOK! I loved this book as a child. My daughter loved and now my daycare kids love it.
I disagree with the reviewer who said the book had the gender stereotypes. Come on only if mom's grumpy is it a stereotype. JMO Yes Mrs. Bird has an attitude problem in the beginning of the book but by the end Mrs. Bird is grateful for what she has.

This has to be the most memorable kids book in the world. After having read its Amazon reviews, I now know I wasn't the only little kid that HAD to have it read to them all the time! The illustrations are so memorable and the moral is priceless. At 23, I still remember the line "I love my house, I love my nest, in all the world my nest is best." The book resides at Grammas house and will continue to be read to generations to come.

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!

This was my favorite book as a child. I had it memorized by the time I was 2. My mother sold it at a garage sale and now 30 years later is kicking herself for it.

When I had my daughter 3 years ago, my mother and I looked all over for this book in bookstores. Amazon is the only place I found it.

Humorous story that teaches a lesson in "looking before you leap" and what can happen when decisions are made without the proper consideration. A pair of birds try out different homes and eventually discover they prefer their original nest to anywhere else. Perfect for the kindergarten/first grade level reader. My kids have liked every PD Eastman book we have read, for the way he draws the pictures, and the story content.

I loved this book as a child and I love it now as an adult, having read it to other young children. Wonderful choice about home!

thought this book might be a little advanced for my [...] year old granddaughter but she really seemed to enjoy the story . also was enjoyed by the adults in our family, cute book .