Sticks & Stones, Animal Homes

Everyone likes to build cubbies and play house. Find out where 15 animals make their homes in countries around the world. Some weave, some burrow, some build and some just get lucky. Which house would you most like to share? Following on from the success of The Family Hour in Australia, Tai Snaith’s latest book focuses on animal habitats around the world. More specifically, species that use interesting building methods or those with symbiotic relationships with other organisms have been chosen. The illustrations of these anthropomorphic animals are delightfully drawn and the book also includes extended facts about each animal on a featured facts page.

About the Author

Tai Snaith is the author of The Family Hour in Australia (Thames & Hudson Australia, 2012). She is also an artist, writer, curator and mother. She studied sculpture at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne and has since received numerous funds and awards to create large art projects locally and overseas. Tai has received the Australia Council Tokyo residency and was shortlisted for the Substation Contemporary art prize, the Hutchins works on paper prize, the Manning Prize, the inaugural Kisho Prize at Melbourne Central and was the winner of the Banyule Acquisitive award for works on paper.