See my baby Purple Martins grow!
“My Best Nest,” a children’s picture book, is filled with vibrant and active illustrations that allow the reader to follow a mother Purple Martin swallow during her first day of nest building. This entertaining and educational story told in rhyme starts with a vibrant dawn and ends with a bird’s gaping yawn. A short natural history section is included for parents, grandparents and teachers. Readers familiar with this avian species will be delighted to have a children’s picture book on this popular backyard songster and aerialist. The book's web site is www.PurpleMartinStory.org.
© 2005 Perry D. Vogel