Burlington Public Library

When a pair of robins begins building a nest in Amelia Bedelia's swing set, she is torn between wanting to clear it off so that she can continue to slide down her slide, and giving up that fun so she can watch the birds raising their babies. She sides with the birds, and observing them informs her about her own family.

Jelly Bean the Giraffe was napping when a bird built a nest on her, but she remains very still and careful until the baby birds hatch.

"Follow a pair of robin parents from nest-building and egg-laying, to raising their hungry hatchlings, and finally sending off their flying fledglings"--

Strawberry Shortcake finds a special surprise for her show-and-tell presentation at school.

"There are footprints all over the corner shop yard, and something has been nibbling Rollo's little red ball. Could the stinky little creature fast asleep in the little fluffy bird's nest have something to do with it?"--Amazon.com.

A cumulative rhyme about the animals who help Robin build her nest.

Flora, a young rabbit, tries to grow a house by planting a brick, with surprising results.

Mrs. Frizzle and her class come to Carlos' aid when he gets too close to a bird's nest while studying birds.

Rude little Cecily Beasley suffers the consequences of making one too many faces when a bird builds its nest on her tongue and she must wait with her tongue stuck out for the babies to hatch.