of seeing baby birds. A Nest Full of Eggs (1995) can be read simply for the pleasure of reading a book about birds. However, it can also be used to provide learning and enrichment activities. With this book, a mother or father could introduce new concepts (embryo development) or new vocabulary (albumin) to their child. The book could also inspire ideas for experience-based learning activities, such as how different materials, can be used to construct different kinds of nests. With a parents' help, children can form a model of a nest, using materials suggested in the book. There are many other possibilities for home-based learning suggested by information presented in the book. As a genre, today's informational books can serve to entertain and/or instruct.