Nest - Hardcover

Hurley, Jorey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1442489715 ISBN 13: 9781442489714

Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2014

Synopsis

In her picture book debut, artist Jorey Hurley opens our eyes to the wonders of the natural world and tells a universal story of family.

From birth, to first flight, to new friend, the first year of a bird’s life is full of activity and wonder. Artist Jorey Hurley pairs vivid, crisp artwork with simple, minimal text—often just one word per spread—to create a breathtaking, peaceful chronicle of nature and life’s milestones.

About this title

Review:

“OUTTAKES” from Nest

By Jorey Hurley

PLUM BRANCHES I've been drawing the tree out our kitchen window and the many birds that frequent it for years --- this is from spring 2012. That's how I developed the style used for the images in Nest.

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AMERICAN ROBIN One of the most common birds here in the Presidio is the American Robin. I decided to make them the main bird in Nest because they live all across North America, often in suburban or fairly built-up areas. Also their behavior is appealing to a human perspective (some birds are really not nice once you get into the details), so robins are perfect to share with young children.

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WIND BLOW This is an early sketch for the "blow" spread. I worked with very, very simple sketches while Paula, Lizzy, and I were still figuring out the story.

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KITE BLOW So they were easy to change until we decided exactly what would happen on each page. This revised sketch is very similar to the final "blow" spread, which is one of the preview pages for Amazon already.

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From the Author:

Jorey Hurley studied art history at Princeton, received her law degree at Stanford, and studied design at FIT. She worked as a textile designer for Hable Construction in New York City and is now based in San Francisco, where she lives with her husband and their two small children. Nest, her debut, was called “stunning” in a starred review from School Library Journal. Fetch, her second book, was called a “delight” by Publishers Weekly in a starred review. She is also the author of Every Color Soup and Skyscraper. Visit her at JoreyHurley.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1442489715
• ISBN 13: 9781442489714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Hurley Jorey